Trivia / Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed

• Genre-Killer: A lot of old-style Stage Magician acts struggled to adapt after these specials revealed how they were done, with the ones that survived adding either a measure of self-aware humor to the performance (like Penn & Teller) or a sense of edgy flair (like Criss Angel).
• The Red Stapler: Magic shows saw renewed interest after the first special premiered. As noted above, of course, the flipside was that they had to come up with new tricks to impress viewers.

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