Okay -- strike me confused… he’s now saying he IS doing magic tricks? Thanks to iTricks, the home of magic
news online:
International Magic Convention in London -- the recipient of the Berglas Foundation Award is Uri Geller.
In reflection of all of the nonsense he’s promoted over the years -- you can see many of these on the YouTube videos, such as those featuring Randi debunking Geller -- and even magicians he’s taken to court… well, you can see why I’m confused as to why he gets an award!?
Is this a political effort to align himself with magicians, seeing that the ‘tricks of the trade’ are becoming more and more known as just ‘tricks’? Can the likes of Richard Saunders openly holding ‘bending spoon’ sessions in Sydney and even Dr Wiseman holding the largest ‘mass spoon bending’ session at TAM6 play a part?
I guess Geller was acknowledging it in a way with answers he gave to questions at the convention:
From the exclusive on iTricks: When asked about his career, Uri was very open about if he’s be able to start his career in today’s age:
If I was to start my career now, my career would be destroyed, the speed of the internet, the technology allowing events to be reported, I’d not be able to start my career in the way I did those years ago.
Get all of the exclusive interview on the iTricks site -- and enjoy the classic Fry and Laurie take on it all, way back when…
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Staggering – especially considering he has taken various legal proceedings to defend his ‘gifts’.
Yeah, isn’t that odd, Callum!! I’m wondering if anyone in the audience was clenching their teeth as they thought about his prosecutions!! :/
Uri Geller never even claimed to be a magician!
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