Cutting Girl in Half (Magic Unlimted)

Sawing a woman in half is a generic name for a number of different stage magic tricks in which a person (traditionally a female assistant) is apparently sawn in half or divided into two. There remains a debate about the origin of sawing illusions, with some sources saying a magician named Torrini may have performed the first version in front of Pope Pius VII in 1809. It was also suggested during a court case that the trick can be traced back to ancient Egypt. However these claims have not been substantiated.[1][2]It is generally accepted that the first modern performance of a sawing illusion was achieved by British magician P.T. Selbit in 1921. His trick, which he billed as "Sawing Through A Woman", was significantly different from what a modern audience would expect. Selbit's assistant was locked inside a closed wooden crate and could not be seen, although ropes tied to her hands, feet, and neck were held throughout the illusion by spectators from the audience.[2]Later the same year, Horace Goldin, a magician working in the United States, presented the first version which modern audiences would recognize. Goldin's assistant lay in a box from which her feet, head and hands protruded. Goldin sawed through the middle of the box, inserting metal sheets to cover the cut ends, and then pushed the two halves a little way apart. This process was then reversed, and the assistant released unharmed. Goldin later developed a sawing illusion that dispensed with boxes and used a large buzzsaw.

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