Val Valentino – The Un-Masked Magician

The guy magicians love to hate is back in the news: http://itricks.com/news/2009/08/spain-magicians-try-to-bury-the-mask/ So I thought it fitting to dredge up this clip of his old stage show and ask a question.

Over 10 years after “Magic’s Greatest Secrets Revealed” hit the airwaves in the US, has “The Masked Magician” had a long-term impact on magic as a whole?

Did he:

Foster innovation and the search for newer methods?

Ruin the audience’s suspension of disbelief?

Lower the reputation of magic as a performing art?

Get a new generation into magic?

Expose magicians as raving fanboys?

or is he destined for long-term anonymity?

What do you think? Let us know in the comments…