So The Magician At The NHL Awards Last Night Who Screwed Up The Anze Kopitar Reveal Can Never Work In Vegas Again, Right?
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Oh man. That was tough to watch. Poor guy went through the whole set up that nobody besides his mom and girlfriend in the back were interested in. You know that feeling when you tell somebody about a video on YouTube they have to watch? Then you bring it up on your screen and they watch it over your shoulder? The whole time you’re anxiously awaiting their laughter to erupt only to hear them ask halfway through “how long is this thing?”. Well that’s essentially what we had going on here. But a perfect reveal at the end can easily cancel out a boring set up and our guy here can finally get the reaction and applause he’s been fishing for the whole time. Only for this to happen…
The botched reveal was hilarious enough on its own. But then to see him frantically try to fix his error as if everybody didn’t already see him fuck that one up was beyond incredible. And then to top it all off and deliver the final dagger to his career? Buddy gets left hanging like a coat by Kopitar immediately after.
It sucks, man, because you never want to see somebody lose a job. That’s how he pays the bills. That’s how he keeps the lights on and food on the table. But you’re a magician in Las Vegas. There’s about 5000 of you. You screw up like that and you immediately become GOB Bluth in the eyes of the rest of the city.
The only thing I’ll say is that I’m going to stay at least somewhat woke on this bit. I’m thinking there may be a chance that this dude isn’t even a magician at all. Was just some random dude the NHL found on the strip, sent him out there to botch this magic trick, get some people talking about the NHL Awards and maybe land this guy an appearance on one of the late night shows. It may only be around a 10% chance right now but I just need it on record that those bastards didn’t fool me if that ends up being the case. If it’s not? Well then his best trick was making his career disappear, amirite??????