Price$30.00
Media TypeAudio CD
CategoryClose Up, Collectibles
Date AddedMar 07, 2009
Jonathan Goodwin Talks To Jay Fortune #3
Jonathan Goodwin
(Based on 1 review)
In this third release of the Magic Interview Series, Jonathan offers his views and opinions on why he pushes the boundaries of magic. His philosophy doesn't always make for easy listening. If you're serious about standing out from the competition and allowing your spectators to experience something truly unique when watching you perform then Jonathan's words will certainly set you thinking.
Like his escapes, Jonathan's interview with Jay Fortune is controversial, compelling and captivating.
CD1: Running time approx 48 minutes.
Part One: The Early Goodwin
- Creative control, trick construction and inspiration for new effects
- Is the magician really an actor playing the part of a magician? The difference between acting and performing
- How he got his break into TV
- Jonathan's work with Derren Brown
- Behind the scenes of Monkey Magic including the original line-up
- Problems with magic; competitions, props and magicians
- Knowing who you are and what magic suits you
- Magic for television; shooting magic effectively
- How to make your magic memorable
- Producing Undercover Magic and The Secret World of Magic
- His philosophy on escapology; jeopardy, traditional escapes, performance and flaws
Part Two: The Escaping Goodwin
- Traumatic entertainment = compulsive viewing
- His Dad and his role in Jonathan's escapes
- How do you make a cow a restraint?
- Inspiration for his escapes
- Toleration of pain
- The real story of what went wrong on Death-Wish Live
- The flawed plot of Russian Roulette
- His meticulous research, planning and preparation
- The '90% of Magicians are A**holes' Theory
- Originality of performance
- Why magic attracts a certain type of individual; a geeky boy's hobby
- Jonathan puts his reputation and fee on the air. A live escape in the Radio Magic studio.
- Famous magicians, societies and secrets!
Presented in a double DVD case with full colour DVD sleeve, your copy comes complete with two printed audio discs, and a running time of over 106 minutes.
(2 CD set)
Reviews
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For $30 bucks you get a 2 disk set of Jay Fortune interviewing Jonathan Goodwin, 10 tracks, and disturbing images burned into your brain so deep that even Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones can't erase them.
It's kind of tricky to review something like this. It's an interview. I could rate it on if I liked what the interview was about. But just because I liked it doesn't mean you will. I could grade it on product quality, but it's just a couple of disks with a handful of audio tracks. I could rate it on the content, but it was just a bunch of interview questions and stuff about Goodwin's many TV shows and experiences.
The bottom line is, how willing are you to spend $30 on 100 minutes of interview time regardless of how good it is. My gut tells me I need to eat less cheese, but it also tells me that most people would not be willing to spend $30 to listen to an interview, even a really good one.
Let's look at it this way. Take your favorite talk show host (e.g. Leno, Letterman, O'Brien, etc.). Then take your favorite actor (e.g. Molly Ringwald, Stephen Root, Hugh Laurie, etc.). Would you pay $30 to listen to an hour and half (ish) interview? If you would, then I think you'll be happy with this product. Because really the only thing bad to say about it is that it's essentially an expensive podcast. The interview was funny and entertaining from the start. Though Goodwin is an Escapologist and not really a magician (he's sick of the state of magic and has kind of moved away from it), I found a lot of areas where I really could relate to him, particularly in his view of magic and magicians as a whole.
There were a few inspirational moments, lots of funny stories, a few disturbing stories - where's a neuralizer when you need one? There were even a few things that got me thinking and gave me some ideas. But all in all, it's just an interview. In a world where you can here interviews with David Williamson, Bill Malone, Lennart Green, Tom Mullica, and tons more on podcasts like The Magic Newswire for free, it's hard to justify paying $30 for this interview no matter how good it is.
Everything else about it is great. CDs are well produced. The audio's great. The interview and stories are great, but the price . . . not so much.
If I were to rate just the product, I'd give a 4.5 to 5 stars, but I can't ignore the price. If it cost $10,000 dollars and I gave it 5 stars, that would certainly imply that I felt you should spend $10 grand on it. So where do I draw the line? What's the dollar limit where I can ignore the price in the review? I don't know. So I'll leave you with my final verdict in a minute, but as always, it's your call. Again, if you think an interview is worth paying $30 bucks for, go for it.
But as for me and my house, the Final Verdict is 2.5 stars with a Stone Status of Grubble (Content - all gem; price - all rubble)
It's kind of tricky to review something like this. It's an interview. I could rate it on if I liked what the interview was about. But just because I liked it doesn't mean you will. I could grade it on product quality, but it's just a couple of disks with a handful of audio tracks. I could rate it on the content, but it was just a bunch of interview questions and stuff about Goodwin's many TV shows and experiences.
The bottom line is, how willing are you to spend $30 on 100 minutes of interview time regardless of how good it is. My gut tells me I need to eat less cheese, but it also tells me that most people would not be willing to spend $30 to listen to an interview, even a really good one.
Let's look at it this way. Take your favorite talk show host (e.g. Leno, Letterman, O'Brien, etc.). Then take your favorite actor (e.g. Molly Ringwald, Stephen Root, Hugh Laurie, etc.). Would you pay $30 to listen to an hour and half (ish) interview? If you would, then I think you'll be happy with this product. Because really the only thing bad to say about it is that it's essentially an expensive podcast. The interview was funny and entertaining from the start. Though Goodwin is an Escapologist and not really a magician (he's sick of the state of magic and has kind of moved away from it), I found a lot of areas where I really could relate to him, particularly in his view of magic and magicians as a whole.
There were a few inspirational moments, lots of funny stories, a few disturbing stories - where's a neuralizer when you need one? There were even a few things that got me thinking and gave me some ideas. But all in all, it's just an interview. In a world where you can here interviews with David Williamson, Bill Malone, Lennart Green, Tom Mullica, and tons more on podcasts like The Magic Newswire for free, it's hard to justify paying $30 for this interview no matter how good it is.
Everything else about it is great. CDs are well produced. The audio's great. The interview and stories are great, but the price . . . not so much.
If I were to rate just the product, I'd give a 4.5 to 5 stars, but I can't ignore the price. If it cost $10,000 dollars and I gave it 5 stars, that would certainly imply that I felt you should spend $10 grand on it. So where do I draw the line? What's the dollar limit where I can ignore the price in the review? I don't know. So I'll leave you with my final verdict in a minute, but as always, it's your call. Again, if you think an interview is worth paying $30 bucks for, go for it.
But as for me and my house, the Final Verdict is 2.5 stars with a Stone Status of Grubble (Content - all gem; price - all rubble)