Man Of Steel Answers Insight Commentary

Recorded August 3rd. "The magical thinking of orphan boys."  Batman the magician. [I finally get to do an episode about Batman, so it's long.] Answers, insights, and commentary on: I. Magic and Batman Tradition (25min) Houdini the superman Zatara in Acton Comics No. 1 Stage Act similarity Perfection of Self Working Definition of Magic Artful Performance Of the Impossible Trained by Giovanni Zatara Batman's performance II. Magic of Movie Making (8min) Georges Méliès Robert Houdan Larry Fong on the illusion of movies Terrio, Nolan, Fong Fong Super 8 Featurette The Wizard III. This Batman is a Magician (12min) Beautiful Lie Mozart of Deception Lies and Child Development Theory of Mind and Self Control Orphan Boys and Magical Thinking Many Magic Tricks of This Batman Impossibility of Magic and Logic It was always a trick Disappearing in Belle Reeve First and Last Batman scenes Lex's Magical Props IV. Spellbound (40min) Mind the Gap