Originally Posted by egghead1:
“The female magician used a double for her motorbike trick and no one is getting their knickers in a twist.”
Hardly the same thing at all. A magic act IS and has ALWAYS BEEN an act of deception. That's it's only goal and so everyone know what they are getting.
That's one hell of a difference from an act mean to show the dog in the whole title of the act, actually doing the act itself. And if not, certainly not pass it of as the dogs work when it's some other dog,
If one of the dance acts had started to dance, all disappear into a cupboard and world professional dancer come out dressed as them and pass themselves of as them by not saying anything about them and hiding them whilst the original take the bow, then that is just deceiving the audience.
Under your excuse we can have a singer next year who can't sing a note but mimes the whole thing to a stunning singer and then claim that it's all them and hid the professional until being caught out.