The magician who named himself Masked Magician is, because always wearing a mask, his work revealed the secrets of the magician's tricks. He wears a mask to cover his identity.
Through Masterpiece Magician Masked Magician Vs. The Masters on RCTI last night, we also saw him unblock his mask. We see his face, a middle-aged man and knows his name Val Valentino.
But is it true the identity of the masked magician was revealed last night?
Apparently not. Since 2009, from a news article in Las Vegas Sun newspaper, Masked Magician has revealed the identity of Val Valentino the Masked Magician.
The 54-year-old man lives in Los Angeles. Since 1998, he has hosted a magic show that reveals the secrets of a magic trick titled Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealeda on the Fox TV network, USA.
Since the first run of the show program dismantle the secret magic was a hit. Not only in America but also in various countries, including Indonesia. Since the show was a success, I toured the world, Valentino says. I went to Brazil, performed in front of 15 thousand people, also to Japan and made a TV show there for several years.
In 2009, Masked Magician returned to the screen in a new episode of 13 episodes. We reveal 120 magic tricks, he explained. Among the tricks revealed by the secret is through walls, tricks cut, lifted in the air, to remove elephants from view.
Valentino has been in the world of magic since the age of 12 years, performing on the birthday show. In 1986, Valentino appeared as a magician at The Merv Griffin Show. Valentino was later invited to perform in Las Vegas.
When the Fox station offered him a show of dismantling a magic trick, Valentino initially refused. Many other magicians refuse. I also rejected it several times. But some senior magicians feel the need for a magician to do this but nobody does it, "Valentino explained.
He finally accepted the offer.
He remembered his pace of uncovering the secret of a magic originally inviting controversy. I feel my career is over. But at that time, it was the right step to help a magician, he said.
Helping the magic world? Meaning?
Many think the magic world will be a mess forever (because of me), he says. But the opposite happened. More excited.
He explains further, When someone knows magic tricks, actually the person does not know all the tricks. The real magic lies in how the magician performs his tricks. Someone can eliminate coins in 20 different ways. The more people know the secret of magic, more and more who want to do it and usually the layman still can not afford.
Valentino says it is expanding the magic appeal, creating a new generation of magicians and challenging established magicians to improve their ability.
It was seen in the action last night. After Masked Magician unravels the secrets of Deddy Corbuzier, for example when uncovering crooked spoon tricks and predictions, Deddy performs a similar action with more complicated tricks.
By uncovering the secret, magicians are compelled to look for new ideas, new concepts, and will advance, he explained.
He did not feel guilty about unlocking a magic trick. The Internet has created a new generation of magicians that are much different. Various secret video magic tricks appear on You Tube.
Since the magic show has graduated, Valentino concentrates on various other projects, including setting up a magic school, sharing magic secrets with a new generation, called The Masked Magician Academy of Mystical Arts in Las Vegas. He is also a consultant to the Masked Magician comic that will probably be a movie or TV series.
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