OK-I'm not here to bash him so no-one needs to be offended. I love the show. Also, he makes it clear on some levels that he simply masters "illusion", say making it appear as though he he performed a magical act. But as far as predicting the future, or reading someone's mind...it's abviously staged in some way. I mean, we can only see what the camera wants us to see. How could he draw the same thing another man is drawing at the same time when they are in 2 different elevators-or predict what word someone is going to pick out of a current newspaper 16 days before it happens??

Yes, I'm a fan, but I'd love some insight from someone who know "magic" or someone who has seen the workings of his tricks. A&E has to know that we're not complete idiots, right?
Good answers only pls....10pts =)))

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Of course to some degree all illusionists claim that thier tricks are real. This is not meant to make false claims about psychic powers or anything, its meant to draw you into the act. Part of the illusion is making you think its real.

He is not a fake because in reality, everyone should realize he is doing a trick.
David Blaine is similar, in that he comes up with stories and claims of levitation powers and such. We all know it is just an illusion, but the claims are there for fun, to draw you in and for a moment make you believe in the magic he is doing.
For that matter, Harry Houdini did too....
I have never watched his show, only heard about it, so I could be wrong, but to my knowledge Criss Angel has not made any serious psychic claims.

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sometimes the only thing that betrays the logical mind is that all of these are happening on television! who is to say he really did all those stuff in front of true audience and not people who are to act as audience? or that there is some camera trick which is not involved- such as him making an elephant disappear behind a white canvas, in front of a ring of people?

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Yes, its fake. Criss Angel is a magician. When he does his act, he tries to make his illusions seem real, as any good magician does. But at the end of the day he'll tell you that he is simply doing magic tricks/illusions, and doesn't claim any supernatural/paranormal power. I'm not a magician so I can't tell you how he does his tricks (if I could they wouldn't be very good tricks, would they?), but I can tell you that they are only tricks and nothing more.

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It's a tv show. I would only beleive anything he did if I saw it in person and i was able to investigate every part of his trick. the viewer however is behind a tv screen being misled by the people he paid to act astonished when he performs his tricks. Its all fake

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It's like watching wrestling - people know it's not real but are entertained anyway. Besides, he's hot, and that alone is entertainment enough for most of his fans.

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