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The 'Physician Magician' Has a New Trick Up His Sleeve
Clip: 4/25/2024 | 7m 17sVideo has Closed Captions
Ricardo Rosenkranz is set to make Cinco de Mayo magic at the Rhapsody Theater.
Ricardo Rosenkranz hosts a pioneering series of English and Spanish shows at the Rhapsody Theater.
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The 'Physician Magician' Has a New Trick Up His Sleeve
Clip: 4/25/2024 | 7m 17sVideo has Closed Captions
Ricardo Rosenkranz hosts a pioneering series of English and Spanish shows at the Rhapsody Theater.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipTHE ROSE AND CRACKED FRIENDS, CAPTIVATES AUDIENCE AS A PHYSICIAN MAGICIAN AND NOW HE'S SET TO MAKE CINCO DE MAYO MAGIC IN A PIONEERING SERIES OF BACK-TO-BACK ENGLISH AND SPANISH SHOWS THAT THE RHAPSODY THEATER.
JOINING US NOW WITH MORE IS THE GUY LO ROSE IN KRATZ MAGICIAN AND OWNER OF THE THEATER AND A DOCTOR WHO TEACHES MEDICINE AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SO EXCITED THAT YOU'RE HERE AND WE'RE GETTING STRAIGHT TO SOME MAGIC.
YES, JOIN YES, YOU GAVE ME RUBIK I MIX IT UP.
YOU MIX IT UP AND WE'RE GOING TO CREATE SOME.
I GIVE YOU PAMPHLET HERE THE DESTRUCTION ZONE, ONE PAGE PAMPHLET TO SOLVE THE CUBE.
>> IN LESS THAN 5 SECONDS IF I DIDN'T TAKE THE CUE, YOU KNOW, MET WITH STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY WERE, IT IS A CONFUSING RIGHT NOW DOING AS EXAMPLE, A I TELL STUDENTS AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S IT'S IN THERE.
IT'S YES, I'M GOING TO MORE TO.
YOU CAN I TELL MY STUDENTS THAT MEDICINE SOMETIMES CONFUSING.
OUR JOB IS TO GO FROM CHAOS TO ORDER.
AND MY JOB TO EMPOWER THEM TO DO THAT.
SO YOU ARE GOING TO DO RIGHT TO PUT YOUR HAND INSIDE SERVICE.
OKAY.
HE SAID GO TO THE RIGHT AND TURN AND GOING TO COUNT THE 5, 1, 2, 5.
DO YOU BELIEVE IN YOURSELF?
YES, I BELIEVE IN YOU.
>> NO WAY.
THIS IS INSANE.
KNOW YOU GUYS, DISEASES.
THIS IS INSANE.
WHILE I LOVE THAT SHE SAW THE COULD TAKE PEOPLE MONTHS, SOMETIMES, YEARS, YEARS.
I DID IT RIGHT NOW IN A COUPLE SECONDS SOLVE THE CASE.
I LOVE SO LET'S GET INTO YOUR ACTS.
YOU'RE ABOUT TO PERFORM.
A PIONEERING SERIES OF BACK-TO-BACK SHOWS IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH DURING CINCO DE MAYO WEEKEND.
YES.
MADE YOU COME UP WITH THIS IDEA?
WELL, I HAVE THE SHOW PHYSICIAN THAT JUST WHICH I HAVE BEEN I I CHANGE IT HERE.
AND THERE.
>> THIS LAST VERSION HAS NEW BUT >> I'VE BEEN DOING IT AND JOINING US FOR A LONG TIME.
I'M ORIGINALLY FROM MEXICO.
I SPEAK SPANISH AND I GET ON MEMBERS TO COME ALL.
I WISH YOU TO THE SHOW IN SPANISH BECAUSE MY MOTHER WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT.
AND WE HAVE WONDERFUL THEATER IN CHICAGO.
WE HAVE GREAT SHOWS THAT, IN FACT, GOT TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH, BUT PEOPLE SHOULD SEE A SHOW IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE AS IF THEY HAD WALKED INTO A THEATER IN MEXICO CITY.
SO I TRANSLATED THE SHOW.
I CHANGE SOME THINGS.
THERE'S SOME CULTURAL IDEAS THAT I FUSED WITH MEXICAN.
NOW I'M DOING 02:00PM SHOWING ONE LANGUAGE TO OUR SOCIAL IN ONE LANGUAGE AND AT 07:30AM, DOING COMPLETELY DIFFERENTLY.
WOULD YOU SAY ARE SOME CHALLENGES TRANSLATING LIKE ENGLISH TO SPANISH?
>> WELL, IT IS.
I AM FULLY BILINGUAL SO I CAN DO SOME THINGS ON THE FLY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE SHOW, THERE'S SOME WORDS THAT I'VE CHOSEN.
THERE'S MUSIC TO IT.
THERE'S TIMING.
>> AND THE CULTURAL ELEMENTS TO THAT.
I WANT TO BRING UP.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SHOW IS ALMOST THE SAME BUT NOT EXACTLY THE SAME, WHICH IS PEOPLE TO FEEL DURING YOUR SHOWS.
MY SHOWS ARE ABOUT EMPOWERMENT.
AND ABOUT EMBRACING MYSTERIES OF THE WORLD IS NOT ABOUT TRICKING PEOPLE.
IT'S ABOUT LIKE THIS WAS A BEAUTIFUL, MYSTERIOUS PLACE AND SOMEBODY WALKS OUT POWER AND FEELING THAT THEY WANT TO TACKLE THE MYSTERIES OF THE WORLD.
GOING TO WAKE UP TOMORROW TO SOMETHING NEW.
THEN I SUCCEEDED.
I LOVE THAT.
IN PHYSICIAN, MAGICIAN TRANSLATES PERFECTLY TO MEDICAL MODEL IN MACOMB.
I LOVE IT IS THAT >> WHERE DID THIS WITH A NAME?
COME FROM A WISE AND MORE THAN JUST A PLAY ON WORDS TO YOU?
IT'S VERY FUNNY.
IT CAME FROM YO YO MA ACTUALLY I HAD A CHANCE TO PERFORM FOR HIM AT THE CHICAGO SYMPHONY.
AND THEN THE SECOND TIME THAT WAS PERFORMING FOR A FEW MONTHS LATER.
>> HE SAID I TELL YOU ARE THE DOCTOR WASN'T, KNOW, THE PHYSICIAN I LOVED IT.
I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT.
BUT NOW IT IS ALSO PART OF THE PHILOSOPHY THAT I TEACH MEDICAL STUDENTS, WHICH IS EVEN THOUGH I'M PHYSICIAN MAGICIAN IN THIS SENSE.
I THINK WE ALL NEED A PHYSICIAN EDITION AND WHAT THAT MEANS IN THAT PARTICULAR ORDER IS A DOCTOR WHO IS EXCELLENT AT THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE.
AND EVAN, EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE AND GIVES PATIENTS THE BEST CHANCE OF HEALING FOR FROM SCIENCE.
BUT THEN.
HELPS THEM WITH THAT OTHER PART THAT IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT, WHICH IS EMPOWERMENT AND EMPATHY AND BEING ABLE TO GIVE THEM HOPE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN GO THROUGH THIS REAL BIG OF HIM SAYING THAT.
YEAH.
AND OTHER SYSTEM WHICH IS SO DIFFICULT, THE CITIES AND I KNOW YOU HAVE ANOTHER LOSE IT FOR US.
>> AND I HAVE GOES THAT ONE.
I HAVE ONE MORE THING TO DO FOR YOU.
YES, IT IS SOMETHING THAT VERY EXCITED ABOUT.
IT PIECE OF MAGIC.
I FOUND IN AN AUCTION.
NOBODY KNEW WHAT IT DID.
I CONSULTED SOME OF MY CONCLUDING TELLER.
NOBODY KNEW IT CAME TO ME AND IT'S VERY MEANINGFUL, RIGHT?
BECAUSE THERE'S THIS LITTLE GUY HERE WHO HAS A WHOLE GOING THROUGH THE CAR SPAWNS.
2 ONE IN THIS.
WHAT LOOKS LIKE SORT OF A PRISON AND YOU KNOW, THERE ARE DAYS WHEN WE WAKE UP IN, FEEL TRAPPED, RIGHT?
YES, I'M LIKE SOMETHING IS IS HOLDING US BACK LIKE WE ARE NOT FREE OR INDEPENDENT.
JUST PULL IT THROUGH HERE MYSELF, RIGHT?
AND WE JUST CAN'T SEEM TO ESCAPE IT.
I HAVE FOUND THAT'S WHAT WE ALL NEED IS SOMETIMES A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
SOMETIMES WE ALL NEED A LITTLE RITUAL.
SO TRUE.
I'M GOING TO DO A LITTLE RITUAL WITH YOU HERE.
ALL SO LET ME GET THIS GUY.
AND YOU THIS GUY AND I'M GOING TO PUSH THIS SEE IF IT'S POLITICAL PULL OUT THE RIBBONS HALFWAY THROUGH.
YEAH.
SO THAT I HAVE THE OTHER HALF.
GREAT.
GREAT, GREAT, GREAT.
PUT YOUR HAND ON HIS HAND.
AND THINK OF SOMETHING.
THAT MAKES YOU FEEL TRAPPED.
SMALL THING.
OKAY.
THAT YOU LIKED IT TO BE AN ATTRACTIVE.
AND TELL YOURSELF.
I WILL BE ENTRAPPED.
I WILL BE ENTRAPPED, YOU KNOW, GRAB.
HIS HEAD, HIS HEAD AND PULL >> HAHA.
>> AND I SAW IN, THOUGH, ALL THAT'S CURRY.
AND IN FACT, IF WE CAN GET A CLOSEUP HERE, THIS CAN SEE.
>> RIBBON IS THERE ENTIRE TIME GOING THROUGH?
>> I LOVE THAT.
THAT SCREEN LET YOUR MESSAGES BEHIND HERE IS LUCIAN SAYS SIMS AND VERY EMPOWERING AND JUST LIKE A MESSAGE OF HOPE FOR PEOPLE.
>> WE ALL NEED THAT.
DON'T HOPE AND EMPOWERMENT IN WITH YOU AGAIN AT THE ABOUT THE CINCO DE MAYO.
FOR THE FOR THE FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO GO.
YES, SO CAN THEY GO?
AND IT'S AT THE RAP CITY THEATER, ROBSON, DOT COM.
WE ALSO HAVE A BAR AND RESTAURANT HAVE A MEXICAN FOOD AND EXCELLENT STREET FOOD THAT WEEKEND FROM A PLACE CALLED FREEDOM ROOM.
AND SO IF YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE, YOU CAN EITHER GO TO THE PICK PAGE THAT SAYS PHYSICIAN MAGICIAN OR YOU CAN GO TO THE PATIENTS AS HAVE MANY I WANT IN SPANISH AND BUY TICKETS FOR THE SHOW.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
THIS IS REALLY FUN.
THANK YOU SO
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