Maskelyne frowns a little as he changes one of the reels of his magic lantern show, the kinematograph projection.
-How strange! The strobolume appears to have caught some stray exposures, a few errant frames. Not to worry - onto another!
>You are Maskelyne, the Illusionist? Are you a charlatan too? Just like Madame Blackwood of the Theosophical Society?>Could you teach me some magic please?>If your magic is so powerful, what is happening over there? Behind the cordon of constables? >Your Rite of Enantiosis will not work upon me! (Intone exorcism) "Acclinis falsis animus meliora recusat...">Er... do you have any... er, how should I say, um, er... you know, more... concupiscent demonstrations of optical theatre??QM: after extensive research,
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronophotographyhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Female_nude_motion_study_by_Eadweard_Muybridge_%282%29.jpg>This is an outrage! Peddling your... libertine perversions to a crowd of gawking onlookers near a criminal investigation! I demand for the Society For The Suppression Of Vice to prosecute this immorality immediately! This shameless and degrading optical-mechanical apparatus should be banned!>Have you ever given any thought that your optical theatre may cause harm? It seems to me that the main consequence of this electric media will be the loss of private identity. Have you thought about what you could do with the records of what people have purchased and seen?>Do you know anything about this Odalisque? The Temptress? Was she from the Vermillion City?>Something else? Write-in