walking in the plaza of a cathedral in barcelona me a some other buskers walked up on a show. it was silent to old sad french folk music. there was a massive circle. he did many beautiful stage effects many with birds.
what we noticed right away was how all the women in the audience reacted to his show, they were all crying to his sad magic mime act with sad puppy dog eyes.
the men just stood and looked on with awe.
this happened show after show, me and the other performers asked each other if we ever seen any one cry in a magic show and none of us ever had.
we were jealous with envy, we hated him......he was to good and we had to work there too!
we approached him and he was incredably humble {like all the greats} he asked if we liked his show and we said yes, he asked if we liked him and we said no! but we just couldn't hate him he was such a good person he even charmed us.
he asked i had any suggestions {to my amazement} so i suggested he try a comedy approach to his middle trick.
his next show he did and the girls stopped crying for a second and laughed with sentimental sniffling and then when the show went back on track they went back to crying.
after the show he rushed up to me and said, "jimmy, jimmy, they cry, {and with emotion in his voice he said,} then they laugh, and then they cry.... i love it jimmy."
where ever we went girls tripped over them selves for him and he was shy which only drove them more crazy for him.
well now he work sidewalks too.
he is a french magician who began in montplier, his brother johnny is also a magican and i will be writing about him soon.
here he is performing my favorite trick where he draws a bird.
notice the tone of the girl filming it when she talks about him and see if you can hear all the women cooing in th backgroung twards the end. this is just a small reaction because he is just doing sidewalks you would have to see his long full circle show to get full audience impact.
steve' is modest, kind polite, street wise, and an absolute master at our art.
i am honored and humbled that he would even call me his friend. his silent magic street show has had the biggest impact on me in my career. he will leave you in awe, really.
i should also add that his abilities as a master slieght of hand and manipulator with any and all objects are impecable, he learned from one of the old greats back in france.
his knowledge of stage work is also incredable.
steve' is so kind he even spent time with me on my show and i still do some of the manips he taught me in my show to this day.
he has a great site with footage of his stage shows and street stuff, check it out;
http://www.stephenlucy.com/index_uk.html
steve' if your reading this thanks for everything.
your pal jimmy.
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