houdini

Perhaps it’s for this reason that themost important transformation most conjurers attempt tends to be directed at themselves – a knack for self-invention lies behind the career of every successful performer, from Houdini, who spent his life trying to escape from his past, to Tommy Cooper, who devoted hours of disciplined rehearsal to making himself look like a shambling incompetent.

~ by magicianoftheredroom on December 31, 2007.