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GReedDiamond

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1. Back when the "Abracadabra" video was made, I knew the magicians in the video...
Sat Nov 22, 2025, 12:46 AM
Saturday

..."The Mums."

At approx 1:45 - 1:59 in the video, they bring out a big cloth banner they use to wrap around the woman and make her disappear. I airbrushed the graphics on it, which kinda look like a chicken head.

I knew their costume designer, Marlene Stewart, and she hired me to do the airbrush graphics on the banner.

Marlene was also Madonna's costume designer, and I did costume graphics for her 1984 and 2001 live tours.

I also worked on a bunch of movies that Marlene was costume designer for, between 1984 and roughly 2010 or so.

The Mums have a web site at https://www.themums.com.

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