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Re:Recognizing magic as a rare and valuable art form and nat... by swamp40 on Monday April 25, 2016 @11:27AM (#11564822)
How does the money get back to David Copperfield?
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Re:Recognizing magic as a rare and valuable art form and nat... by AndyNemmity on Monday April 25, 2016 @01:15PM (#11565693)
Generally I don't think it does. Magic is an art form, and a love by many. The same fanatical support that artists, or musicians have for their craft, magicians have for theirs.

So quite often magicians do things for the benefit of the whole craft, versus any individual gain.

If you imagine it like other arts, it starts to make sense in my view.

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