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I think the strange behavior is deliberately intended as a distraction, which is key to all sleight-of-hand tricks ... and it's very effective.  It's hard to focus on what he's doing rather than his bizarre faces and movements.

I must say that I didn't even think about it in that way… which makes the most sense to me now that I'm thinking about what you've said. 

I don't know if what I'm about to propose has any merit but I was thinking about this earlier today. Is it too much of a reach to say that magic, like in the video above and the others featured in the dimond vid, is a form of psychological warfare? At the very least when it's being performed on a large scale like a Vegas stage show and on television? 

I know the proposition isn't anything shocking to consider but I think it's interesting. It makes the observer focus on the “power” of the magician, and even if it can be explained in a natural way like the sleight of hand above it still has the appearance of being preternatural, or “supernatural” to those not aware of the differences between those terms. On the face of it it seems harmless, but as Catholics we know that it isn't harmless. I think what i'm trying to say is that magic performances grease the psyop wheels in the conditioned mind, it is hypnotic to watch and can easily keep someone under a spell. If one takes seriously what these magicians do and has swallowed the lie of it I think those people are the incredulous sheep who quickly dismiss conspiracy. I don't know if I'm making sense. I wish I could articulate my thoughts better.

‘I honest to God believe I was drugged’: magician David Copperfield’s alleged victims speak out
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2024/may/15/david-copperfield-allegations

Magician David Copperfield accused of grooming underaged girls, even drugging and raping. He was another one with an island in the Bahamas.

Oh, Copperstein was also on the Epstein list.

The main issue with the Dimonds is not that they disagree with this or that point, but rather how they disagree. Their bad will, their bitter zeal, their uncharitable accusations, their demonstration that they are in no way Good Christian Gentlemen like for e.g. St. Francis de Sales and St. Thomas More, but rather radical monks like Luther and others condemned by the Church. Not even the Pope demands as absolute a submission as the Dimonds demand from their disciples, and one can see the sad effects of this cognitive dissonance on those who look up to the Dimonds. The Dimonds basically set themselves up as a Pope or an Anti-Pope and demand submission to each of their opinions.

Personally, I think some magic is just human tricks, while others are indeed diabolical. I consider Exorcisms a better proof of the preternatural and supernatural, and also of the True Faith, since Priests demonstrate authority over demons. I also think NDEs - and the Dimonds did another video on that recently - are a decent proof of the afterlife.