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Article: Phenomenon examined.('Twas Brillig ...)
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- Skeptic (Altadena, CA)
- Article date:
- January 1, 2008
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ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, NBC aired the first of a series called Phenomenon, the latest so-called reality television in the American Idol tradition of performers on stage who are assessed by expert judges. In this case the judges were two magicians: Criss Angel, star of the A & E's Mindfreak television series that features the illusionist each week performing amazing feats of magic, and Uri Geller, the Israeli magician who prefers to bill himself as a psychic.
As I have been kept abreast of the development of this show by Criss and his top magic consultant Banachek, I wanted to make a few observations, beginning with an article in The New York Times published on ...