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1999

90 Detroit Jewish News

On the eve of a visit to Detroit's Music Hall,
the speechless member of Penn 6' Teller
breaks his silence.

no problem transforming into the
teller" of whatever is on his mind.
Special to The Jewish News
About to bring a new act to the
Music
Hall March 16-21, the one-of-
he name "Teller" might
a-kind
descendant
of Russian Jews
seem like an oxymoron if
recently explained the person behind
you think it belongs to the
his often outlandish artistry.
just-about-silent half of the
"It's not a reflection of me that I
Penn & Teller comic magic act. But
talk
a blue streak when I'm given the
the speechlessness is for the stage,
chance," says Teller,
where Teller, cutting a
51, a former high
rose by slicing its shad-
Comic magicians Penn,
school
Latin teacher
ow or shooting bullets
left, and Teller describe
who
received
his
that land between his
themselves as "a couple of
education
at
partner's teeth, corn-
eccentric guys who have
Amherst College.
bines amazingly execut-
learned to do a few cool things."
Its a reflection of
ed magic tricks with
me
that there is a
the absurdist comedy
kind
of
magic
that
happens
when I'm
for which he and Penn Jillette are
willing
to
shut
up
and
resort
to all the
known.
other
means
of
communication
that
Engaged in conversation away from
people
have
rarely
used
because
they
some large theater or studio, Teller
have talk to supply the gap.
turns very talkative, forthcoming at
"I'm a very prosy talker and tend to
once and expressive at length. He has

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