# Stage magicians: what would it take to suss out a "real" magician in your midst?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 21, 2006, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stage-magicians-what-would-it-take-to-suss-out-a-real-magician-in-your-midst/365419 "2006-07-21T00:23:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stage-magicians-what-would-it-take-to-suss-out-a-real-magician-in-your-midst/365419/21 "2006-07-21T22:42:36Z")

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[QUOTE=tashabot]  
…and my boyfriend, also a stagehand, worked for [Mark Kalin and his wife, Jinger](http://www.bestmagicshow.com/) for damn near a year (assholes, both of them).  
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Interesting link. I liked the section on making an airliner disappear. The plane is obviously a fake.

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