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Is It Wrong That We Get Excited When We See The Words "Magic Trick" And "Gone Horribly Wrong" Used Within Earshot Of Each Other?
Posted by Clem Bastow at 2:47 PM on April 3, 2008
We've been too flat out to see much of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival so far, however, had we known that there was a chance someone might get razorbladed through the head, we may well have cleared our schedule to make sure we were there to witness it!
It seems that a magic trick at one of the MICF's many shows didn't turn out as planned - but a veil of secrecy was quickly thrown over any audience members who might have wanted to walk out loudly exclaiming, "I can't believe he fit four beer bottles up his bum before they finally smashed!"
Which was probably not what happened, but we're doing the best we can to piece together a likely story with the vague details that are emerging:
The trick went awry during the Something About Razorblades and Nails show at the Northcote Town Hall on Sunday night.An audience member, who wished to remain anonymous, told Confidential that "something went horribly wrong".
"Out of respect"? Then it DEFINITELY involved bums.She said all members of the audience had to sign a "secrecy agreement" before they left the venue preventing them from telling anyone what happened.
The audience member said the trick that went wrong involved a broken beer bottle, but she would not elaborate.
In the show, magician Tim Ellis "swallows razorblades, pushes needles through his skin and does whatever the evil Sudoku tells him to".
Ellis confirmed a trick did not go to plan but said he could not reveal any more details "out of respect for the others involved."
Seriously, though. Beer bottles? "The evil Sudoku"? Secrecy agreements? "Horribly wrong"?! For god's sake, people! Isn't the point of freak out/gross out magic/performance that the general public does get to know what stupid things you're doing with a chainsaw, ten midgets and a caterer's bucket of margarine?
Not even Jim Rose was this precious!
Were you at the Northcote Town Hall the night "something went horribly wrong"? Get in touch with us!
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