The Art of Misdirection - a super-secret members-only website that reveals the secrets of magic, and which includes a section on juggling too. Loved and cherished by its members; reviled for copyright infringement and IP theft by its detractors.
One the one hand this Business Insider article is all gushy clickbait nonsense, on the other it makes some interesting reading if you can be bothered to wade through all the hyperbole. When I first began reading it I thought "Wouldn't it be cool if there was something similar for juggling?" but then I remembered the old adage about juggling being like magic except you can see the tricks, and concluded there would not really be a need for such secrecy. But no, it goes on to say it has a section devoted to juggling.
As to whether the thing actually exists in the manner described is a little more debatable. That private tracker sites exist seems a pretty mundane premise; that this particular one is the hardest of all to enter is just risible. To my mind it is highly unlikely that if such a thing existed as described, there wouldn't have been at least one or two credible or verifiable data breaches which would have alerted the wider world to its existence, or at least tip offs by disgruntled former members. But it's an attractive idea nevertheless and one hopes there is a kernel of truth to it, albeit very likely in a less cloak-and-dagger form.
LP may well be interested in this; David Cain will likely have his life completely ruined by not knowing what is contained in the juggling section. Oh, and Dick Franco is gonna be super pissed if Bobby May is in there somewhere.
Here's the Reddit thread I stole the link from.
Daniel Simu - - Parent #
Oh no, you made me open your save, now I lost mine as I didn't save my link!
Little Paul - - Parent #
If, for instance, you wanted a copy of the instructions for David Copperfield's famous levitation trick, this might be where you would start.
Sure, if you were an idiot and didn't realise the whole thing is described in detail in the patent - which is public.
Spoiler: it uses wires
Cedric Lackpot - - Parent #
I suspect the secret to much of Copperfield's magic is not so much wires as lawyers.
Little Paul - - Parent #
I've always thought the most magical bit of Copperfields performance was the way his hair blows in the wind so majestically, even when he's indoors...
"Flying" is an interesting one, as although the method is out there in so much detail, it's such an expensive rig to build/run and so impractical to tour - that he really is the only one who can afford to perform it. I'm told that seen "live" in a theatre it really is spectacular - but on video, it always feels a bit "meh"
Daniel Simu - - Parent #
Copperfields trademark is the wind through his hair?
I always thought this was a Hans Klok thing, a Dutch illusionist... There are even commercials about it, which say that there is always free energy around Hans!
https://youtu.be/B8-XbOxm_2U
I saw "Flying" live when Copperfield toured Australia a decade ago. I found it less impressive than the video version. Took me a while to work out why, I think it's because seen live he is clearly constrained to the stage area, which kills the sense of freedom that the video version gives (for me, anyway).
On opening night in Adelaide, as the flying began there was a loud twang, and the curtain was brought in. A few minutes later the show resumed with the next routine - no flying that night!
Little Paul - - Parent #
Of course, https://uk.businessinsider.com/inside-art-of-misdirection-ultra-exclusive-private-torrent-tracker-magical-pirates-invites-2016-11?r=DE&IR=T is the link to the business insider, rather than whatever it was you linked to.
Cedric Lackpot - - Parent #
Derp. Yerp.
Although the Click thing is mildly diverting.
Stupid non-editable Edge postings. There should at the very least be a means of placing a postscript in the original post.
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