Great responses.
Basically, if you're not embarassed or upset when something goes wrong your audience won't be either.
No matter how much you practice things can still go wrong. Props can break or you can just flub up a trick you've been performing perfectly for years for no apparent reason.
Funny thing is noone has a problem when performing a trick where something intentionally goes wrong (in fact most adults know you're doing it on purpose). So it's not what's happened with the effect that can cause uneasiness and embarassment but your reaction to it. What I do is note how people react when something intentionally goes wrong and then how they react when it goes wrong unintentionally then swap those reactions around. Then you can really take people for a ride for the "performer in trouble" effects and carry on regardless for real flubs.
Sometimes I say "never buy your props from e-bay" and throw the thing over my shoulder. Makes me laugh.
George
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