She-zam! Women show why magic has been missing a trick


By AGENCY

Drescher is very, very sick of being asked what it's like to be a woman in this industry, adding that the stereotype of a magician in a top hat sawing his glamorous, sequinned female assistant in half needs to go. Photos: AFP

Sitting behind a card table in the secretive Magic Castle, Kayla Drescher widens her eyes and nods exasperatedly when asked about being called a "female magician."

"Yes, I am very, very sick of being asked what it's like to be a woman in this industry," she says.

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