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Penn & Teller's smug shtick and Sadowitz's twisted tricks: magicians conjuring with comedy by Brian Logan

The American duo's slick act shimmers with Vegas-style glitz, while the Scottish standup's sleight of hand is as flabbergasting as his vicious jokes The classic magician image, we are told in Penn and Teller's new show, was established by the French conjuror Robert-Houdin in the mid 19th century. But who, in the post-Paul Daniels era of postmodern magic, bothers with top hat and tails any more? These days, magic come…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AM on June 28, 2017

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