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Old 19-04-2018, 08:15 PM #1
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American magician David Copperfield has been forced to reveal a famous trick after a participant claimed he'd been injured during a Las Vegas performance.

British tourist Gavin Cox, 58, filed a negligence lawsuit after falling while participating in the famed magician's "Lucky #13" trick.

Mr Cox suffered a dislocated shoulder and claims he has since suffered chronic pain and brain injury.

Mr Copperfield has performed the trick thousands of times without incident.

The 61-year-old's "Lucky #13" trick involves making 13 audience members, chosen at random, disappear on stage.

Then, the grand surprise - spoiler alert - is when the illusionist reveals the 13 at the back of the room.

Lawyers for Mr Copperfield, the world's highest paid magician, argued that revealing the trick would financially harm the magician, but a Las Vegas district court judge demanded an explanation.

Chris Kenner, Mr Copperfield's executive producer, spilled the secrets of the trick in court on Tuesday.

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After curtains come down on the 13 participants on stage, they are hurried through passageways that lead them around the Las Vegas MGM resort. They leave the building and emerge again at the back of the theatre.

Mr Cox, a resident of Kent, fell while being led through these passages by stagehands. He was taken to hospital with a dislocated shoulder at the time.

He said doctors later diagnosed him with a brain lesion. Mr Cox's lawsuit claimed he has spent over $400,000 (£239,000) on medical bills, according to NBC News.

Benedict Morelli, Mr Cox's attorney, said in his opening statements that "there was a duty by the defendants to provide a safe environment to the audience participants".

When Mr Morelli asked Mr Copperfield whether or not a participant's injury was his fault, Mr Copperfield responded: "It would depend on what happened. If I did something wrong, it would be my fault."

Mr Cox alleges there was construction debris and dust in the passageways his client used, but Mr Copperfield said he walked the same path earlier and it was clear.

The Las Vegas resort MGM is also a defendant in the lawsuit, and claimed its passageways were clear.

The resort's attorney, Jerry Popovich, said: "Mr Cox did not slip; he tripped."


The trial will continue, with Mr Copperfield expected to testify again on Tuesday.
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I still don't understand how - in the video - the people reappear so quickly, or how they get out of the cage.
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I still don't understand how - in the video - the people reappear so quickly, or how they get out of the cage.
Through a trapdoor in the bottom - they go as soon as the curtain goes up. That's not them in there taking the flashlights... they're already on the move... they have a good few minutes to get into position.
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And for his latest trick... the disappearing lawsuit.
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He wont like that a lot.
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Through a trapdoor in the bottom - they go as soon as the curtain goes up. That's not them in there taking the flashlights... they're already on the move... they have a good few minutes to get into position.
Ah right, the box is on the ground to begin with and gets raised. Had me fooled.
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Ah right, the box is on the ground to begin with and gets raised. Had me fooled.
The only part that I wonder about is... there's definitely one person (an assistant it must be) in there as it's being raised. Where doe he go? I guess the hatch is still open and he jumps out the bottom and through the hatch when the fireworks go off
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if his magic trick is revealed how he all does it, then his magic career is over i think


i can see him doing reality shows like CBB or DWTS
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He has more tricks up his sleeve than one though.
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I dunno if it's just me but... it's not even very good? I feel like magic has moved on from this sort of trick now - people want to be able to see everything that's going on and try to work it out, all the great modern tricks give you full view and use misdirection so you're like "OK wtf". These "curtain" style tricks are a bit old hat... everyone is aware that something is going on "behind the curtain" so it's not really surprising or magical .
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I dunno if it's just me but... it's not even very good? I feel like magic has moved on from this sort of trick now - people want to be able to see everything that's going on and try to work it out, all the great modern tricks give you full view and use misdirection so you're like "OK wtf". These "curtain" style tricks are a bit old hat... everyone is aware that something is going on "behind the curtain" so it's not really surprising or magical .
Yeah, all I was thinking when watching it was I'd hate to go to a magic show Everyone knows there's a trap door somewhere blah blah
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