From scotthoc@aol.com Wed Mar 29 03:40:29 GMT 1995 Article: 18575 of rec.juggling Path: hal.COM!nntp-sc.barrnet.net!netsys.com!nntp-ucb.barrnet.net!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!in1.uu.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: scotthoc@aol.com (Scott HOC) Newsgroups: rec.juggling Subject: Re: Magnus Nicholls Date: 28 Mar 1995 15:28:54 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 25 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <3l9ri6$9r8@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <3l4phj$b27@Radon.Stanford.EDU> Reply-To: scotthoc@aol.com (Scott HOC) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com As regards why we may have heard so little about Magnus up til now, one rumor I’ve heard is that Rastelli did not find out about Magnus relations with his wife until fairly late in his career. By this point, he was considered the worlds’ best juggler, and Magnus had stopped performing some decades earlier. Rastelli then began a methodical campaign to stamp out all record of Magnus existence by pulling strings with newspaper archives and book publishers of the time. I’m guessing that this served a twofold purpose, both to vindicate himself against the rival who cuckolded him, and to erase all trace of his inspiration as a juggler, to further his own reputation as an innovator. Magnius, after being subjected to the public boycott of his work (which may have weakened his resolve and made him more susceptible to the tragic injury that stoppped him juggling once and for all) was dissillusioned with the entire industry. Then, in his old age, when Rastelli’s campaign started, he was subject to fits of depression and made no effort to restore his reputation, even though he was still alive, and presumably aware of what was being done to him. snordo snordo snordo, rah rah rah, snordo snordo snordo, yeah! snordo snordo snordo, rah rah rah, snordo snordo snordo, yeah!