Daily Dialogue theme next week: Competition

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Scott Myers

04 Nov 2017 • 2 min read

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The Daily Dialogue theme for next week: What to do: Competition [Non-Sports] suggested by Denise Garcia.

“Every great magic trick consists of three parts. The first part is called ‘The Pledge’. The magician shows you something ordinary: a deck of cards, a bird or a man. He shows you this object. Perhaps he asks you to inspect it to see if it is indeed real, unaltered, normal. But of course… it probably isn’t. The second act is called ‘The Turn’. The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it do something extraordinary. Now you’re looking for the secret… but you won’t find it, because of course you’re not really looking. You don’t really want to know. You want to be fooled. But you wouldn’t clap yet. Because making something disappear isn’t enough; you have to bring it back. That’s why every magic trick has a third act, the hardest part, the part we call ‘The Prestige’.”

An interesting challenge: Look for movies which feature competition, but in a non-sports setting. Suggestions?

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Upcoming schedule of themes:

November 13-November 19: Celebration
November 20-November 26: School [Gisela Wehrl]
November 27-December 3: Airplane
December 4-December 10: Medical [Denise Garcia]
December 11-December 17: Lie
December 18-December 24: Holiday [Denise Garcia]
December 25-December 31: New Year
January 1-January 7: Harassment [Gisela Wehrl]

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