The amount of derivative work makes you wonder if the demand for the new is in decline. Ever since Penn and Teller burst on the scene, every magician seemed to be deconstructing illusions while doing them. But this peek behind the curtain is something new, while, as its title suggests, not being original at all. We only hear Hnath, on a recording played by Cuiffo, the sole one onstage. Hnath asks Cuiffo to show him a trick, and after he does, multiple times, artistic tension between collaborators emerges.

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Persons: TikTok virality, Teller, Steve Cuiffo, Lucas Hnath, Hnath, Cuiffo Organizations: Penn, Cuiffo