9.27.2006

Dueling Magicians - E.Walton & R.Jay

Campbell Robertson wrote this interesting article for the New York Times, in which Ricky Jays opinions are aired publicly. It seems as if there's a little animosity in play...

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Dueling Magicians: Whose Trick Is It Anyway?
By Campbell Robertson

The Knight’s Tour, a feat of mental agility in which you trace the path of a knight to every square of a chess board, landing on each square only once, is at least a thousand years old, Eric Walton explains when he performs it in the finale of his show “Esoterica” at the DR2 Theater. But it was hardly esoteric to the woman in the audience on Monday night who whispered that she knew how it worked.

“Oh, I’ve seen Ricky Jay do that,” she said.

Mr. Jay, the sleight-of-hand artist and magic historian, did the Knight’s Tour in “Ricky Jay: On the Stem,” his 2002 show. It wasn’t the only overlap between Mr. Jay’s and Mr. Walton’s acts. “I paid for a ticket and I sat through the show,” Mr. Jay said, “and I would very much like my money and my material back.”... Read the Rest

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