Optical illusion Triumph
The illusionists’ art has been in the news recently, when well-known magician David Copperfield was taken to court after one of the punters at his show chosen from the audience to participate in a disappearing/ reappearing trick, fell and hurt himself as he was hustled through the backstage corridors of a theatre in Las Vegas, the plan being the audience member (and the 17 other volunteers) would ‘reappear’ as the back of the auditorium for Copperfield to take the applause.
As part of the court case, the illusionist had
