The most famous show booth attractions, "the woman without a torso," was often an illusion, which was in "black cabinet" or produced by means of mirrors.
acted in many of the numerous shows at fairs illusion it's such a mirror illusions. Especially the woman's body was rarely shown in this show business entirely - and if so, in strange shapes as the various "planets women" with yard-long necks and more breasts.
was very common, the "woman with no head." "Guarantee" that these unfortunate women, as announced in the advertising "living" could be presented were many tubes that led from the neck to complicated medical equipment.
While most of these happen to be female only attractions were presented, communicated the "talking head" with his audience - seemingly often using of clairvoyant abilities.
Other Women swam without surfacing in a big aquarium in the heart all kinds of dangerous sea creatures, or even floating freely in space. This illusion worked by using a hub, and in turn, mirror projections.
The Magic Lantern, a precursor of the slide projector was used for illusions. Their involvement was "ghosts" or simulated by blending techniques transformations or metamorphosis of people and objects.
The audience was of course a rule that all these demonstrations were based on optical illusions - and the more perfect, that is, the less transparent they were, the better the show.
Nevertheless, there were always quite clumsy deceptions, so with the many "fish wives" or "mermaids", behind their announcements could sometimes even hide the display of a seal. Lacked the attribute "alive", is a preparation of a mummified monkey with a fish tail.
illusions were also the job of conjuring, which held at the fairs the proverbial shindig. They were usually simple apparatus tricks, and formed the "beheading of a living person on stage" often the highlight of the show.
The magician in the magic of booths surrounded themselves often with an exotic, mysterious aura or decorated themselves, if the experimental character of "natural magic" in the foreground, with "professorial titles.
was very common, the "woman with no head." "Guarantee" that these unfortunate women, as announced in the advertising "living" could be presented were many tubes that led from the neck to complicated medical equipment.
While most of these happen to be female only attractions were presented, communicated the "talking head" with his audience - seemingly often using of clairvoyant abilities.
Other Women swam without surfacing in a big aquarium in the heart all kinds of dangerous sea creatures, or even floating freely in space. This illusion worked by using a hub, and in turn, mirror projections.
The Magic Lantern, a precursor of the slide projector was used for illusions. Their involvement was "ghosts" or simulated by blending techniques transformations or metamorphosis of people and objects.
The audience was of course a rule that all these demonstrations were based on optical illusions - and the more perfect, that is, the less transparent they were, the better the show.
Nevertheless, there were always quite clumsy deceptions, so with the many "fish wives" or "mermaids", behind their announcements could sometimes even hide the display of a seal. Lacked the attribute "alive", is a preparation of a mummified monkey with a fish tail.
illusions were also the job of conjuring, which held at the fairs the proverbial shindig. They were usually simple apparatus tricks, and formed the "beheading of a living person on stage" often the highlight of the show.
The magician in the magic of booths surrounded themselves often with an exotic, mysterious aura or decorated themselves, if the experimental character of "natural magic" in the foreground, with "professorial titles.
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(c) 2007 Stefan Nagel
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