“It’s been the worst secret that the outcomes are pre arranged.
We’re like magicians. We deal in illusion.
I love magic. I love what magicians do. But nothing would take me out of the illusion more than if a magician turned to me mid performance to say “You know I’m not really sawing this lady in half? Right?”. There are ways you can still keep up the illusion of what we do without insulting the fans intelligence and without insulting your craft.”