The pace of change in modern day living is often cited as being almost too fast. No sooner have we got used to computer software working in a particular way, for instance, than the developers ‘improve’ it and suddenly we have to learn it all over again. Car design, home electronic goods, even the way we actually shop and go about our daily lives, all these things seem to be endlessly altering and changing.
So given all this, why is it that the magic that some performers have in their act, seems frozen in time? Why is it that when the media want an image to illustrate magic or magicians, they will still often revert to pictures of rabbits in hats and tail coated magicians holding canes? Why do some magic dealers still sell effects which have not been current in plot or theme for decades?