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Too Perfect Theory of Magic

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Too-Perfect Theory is not an empirical theory, but a philosophical notion that a trick possibly can be “too” perfect and thus lead the audience directly to the method or to a wrong solution which gives the magician no credit. This notion was first popularized by Rick Johnsson in Hierophant in 1970, expanding on an idea attributed to Dai Vernon.


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