Talk:Lennart Green

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FISM

I think that he was disqualified in 1988, not 1985 (excuse me for my english) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.213.51.135 (talk) 18:47, 30 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. He was disqualified in the 1988 Den Haag FISM. I have added that to the page and sourced it Michaelfeldman (talk) 21:42, 10 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Evidence?

this seems very POV. no descriptions of the magic and we are supporsed to believe 'unbelievably original' without supporting evidence? help anybody? Tiksustoo 23:20, 15 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Well, Genii magazine compared him to a Tex Avery with cards, and Magic Magazine said something like "Imagine someone on a desert island who found a deck of cards and reinvented the whole area of card magic from scratch." And the first time he competed at FISM, he was disqualified because the judges were so stunned that they assumed he played unfair and used mechanical devices and planted a whole array of "stooges" in the audience, because they "knew" that what they had seen was impossible with the techniques they were familiar with. --TStone 03:01, 26 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

what date for the magic stuff he did on tv? Tiksustoo 23:43, 22 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

American TV? I think it was the 4th "World's Greatest Magicians" --TStone 03:01, 26 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

look. we can see he picks up on search engines. but ironically he might be non-notable. Tiksustoo 11:59, 26 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Just saw the clip that somebody parked of Green performing - just geeky and comes across as a skilled amateur. Strange. Can't quite see why magicians talk about him. I guess the clue is in the fact that there's an entire army of magicians out there who you or I will never get to hear of but they keep each other occupied by performing to each other? I am put off by the evidence. Somebody else please. Tiksustoo 00:31, 21 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The clip is just from an informal session, not a formal performance. --TStone 03:01, 26 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've seen Lennart perform several times, both up close and before large crowds. This clip is not representative, he's extraordinary. Geeky is part of the act, he does "clumsy" too. He is something of a magician's magician; people who know more than I do about stage magic (and that's not difficult) clearly see more in his act than I do. But if you have any liking for the art form at all, he's hard to argue with. Maybe it's not surprising there isn't much online evidence? Magic doesn't really make sense on video -- there's no impact -- and then all the actual tricks are trade secrets. There's not that much to discuss if you aren't a magician. Upshot: I don't feel qualified to expand the entry, but he totally deserves one. Bathsheba 04:38, 22 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]