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- Houdini was one of those people. It was well-known in that time that there was a need
to have some expertise in magic if you were going to be able to work out
how the phenomena might be simulated. But the problem with someone like Houdini
is he was a self-publicist. So how he presents his involvement
may not be truly how it went, because it's all about
giving a higher profile to Houdini, rather than necessarily
getting at the truth
- Houdini was one of those people. It was well-known in that time that there was a need
to have some expertise in magic if you were going to be able to work out
how the phenomena might be simulated. But the problem with someone like Houdini
is he was a self-publicist. So how he presents his involvement
may not be truly how it went, because it's all about
giving a higher profile to Houdini, rather than necessarily
getting at the truth
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- [camera shutter clicks]
- Houdini was one of those people.
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It was well-known in that time
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that there was a need
to have some expertise in magic
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if you were going to be able to work out
how the phenomena might be simulated.
00:00:11.553 --> 00:00:14.698
But the problem with someone like Houdini
is he was a self-publicist.
00:00:14.722 --> 00:00:18.452
So how he presents his involvement
may not be truly how it went,
00:00:18.476 --> 00:00:21.058
because it's all about
giving a higher profile to Houdini,
00:00:21.604 --> 00:00:24.804
rather than necessarily
getting at the truth.
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