Talk:Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin
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[edit] Lack of discussion
why doesn't this article have a discussion? there is absolutely no discussion about this article -- i am sorely disappointed. παράδοξος Wikipedia might reveal truths παράδοξος 04:20, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] More on Orange Tree
I want to know more about the Orange Tree, especially after seeing The Illusionist. Gautam Discuss 10:00, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
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- You might want to try this page: http://www.automates-anciens.com/english_version/automatons-music-boxes/robert-houdin-automatons.php . There's a paragraph about the Orange Tree. Onaryc 01:37, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Robert-Houdin and the Arabs
This article isn't very clear about what R-H was supposed to do in Algeria. Was he sent there to impress the arabs by showing that he was a powerful magician, more powerful that the local mullahs, and so help the french government scare the Arabs into submission, or was he supposed to expose the mullahs by showing the Arabs that the mullahs had no real magical powers and it was all about tricks that anybody could perform, even a european? The french Wikipedia article is very clear that it is the latter, the english article is not. (Another difference is, in the french article, it is not mullahs that R-H was asked to expose, but marabouts). Found in one of R-H's books on line: "The blow was struck: henceforth the interpreters and all those who had dealings with the Arabs received orders to make them understand that my pretended miracles were only the result of skill, inspired and guided by an art called prestidigitation, in no way connected with sorcery. The Arabs doubtless yielded to these arguments, for henceforth I was on the most friendly terms with them."
Onaryc 11:20, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
