USD
The unexamined routine is not worth performing.
Brian Miller has performed extensively for colleges, high schools, comedy clubs and theaters with his unique integration of stand-up comedy and magic to consistent adoring critical praise. In addition to his packed performing schedule, he currently holds a regular engagement as the house magician at the largest casino in North America.
He is a two-time nationally award winning amateur philosopher, only the second student in the history of the SUCO Undergraduate Philosophy Conference to win the coveted President’s Award two years in a row for his work in metaphysics – the discipline that studies the nature of reality.
What you have here are the companion lecture notes to Brian's brand new lecture, titled For Your Consideration. This lecture contains a series of considerations on a variety of topics stemming from Brian’s varied background in live entertainment and the magic industry.
These notes were written to be self-contained, so that you do not have to have seen the live lecture in order to get absolutely everything out of the manuscript itself. Topics include but are not limited to:
- Magic as a form of intimate, interactive theater
- Measuring your success as a performer
- How to make your performances work for your clients, not just your audience
- Direction versus misdirection
- Past versus present in magic
- Exposing a gimmick
- Memory and doubt
1st edition 2011; 52 pages.
word count: 15635 which is equivalent to 62 standard pages of text
