Talk:Cabinet escape

Huh?
"Immediately they lean their weight against the back wall, falling out of the back of the cabinet with the noise hidden by a drum roll or similar effect."

Why they have to lean against the back wall and collapse if there's a door in it? Can someone clarify this? It reads like nonsense as it is now. 121.247.55.18 20:42, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Method removed
I have removed the method from the article as it is unsourced. This is following the guidelines laid out in WikiProject_Magic. If the method can be properly sourced, then it can be re-added. StephenBuxton (talk) 16:39, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

NB: The material was removed in this diff and contained the following information:

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Almost inevitably the cabinet is a trick - this is evident from the fact that you will almost never see a trick of this type end with the magician actually stepping out of the cabinet in a normal way. One simple possibility is that the back panel of the cabinet contains a door through which the magician can escape; to prevent this door from being discovered under inspection, a catch is arranged which prevents the door from opening while the front door is open.

Thus, the magician can be bound and tied by whatever means. The cabinet can then be inspected: if a stooge inspector is used, the front door can be closed and then the stooge (out of sight) can pretend to check the inside to confirm there are no doors. If a member of the public is invited to check the cabinet, in the rare event that they express a wish to close the front door with themselves inside, they can easily be dissuaded ("we don't want you getting trapped in there!").

A more sophisticated catch can be devised also; for example, one that requires the front door to have been opened once and then closed again can allow the inspection of the closed cabinet; one that requires the front door to have been opened and closed twice can indeed allow a public inspector to be trapped inside the cabinet for a moment.

When the magician enters the cabinet, an accomplice steps out from directly behind the cabinet, hidden from audience view by the cabinet. The magician is sealed in the cabinet. Immediately they lean their weight against the back wall, falling out of the back of the cabinet with the noise hidden by a drum roll or similar effect. The accomplice can then unseal the cabinet and carry the magician away (again remaining directly behind the cabinet and so out of sight) to have any binding ropes cut or handcuffs unlocked.

Editors are encouraged to restore the material when they find appropriate sources, or to restore the content if the original removal of the material was in error, and to correct any errors in the method described. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 21:25, 11 April 2008 (UTC)