The magician shocked the audience when he showed there was nothing hidden in his assistant's clothes. This improvisation also shocked the assistant who had agreed to dismemberment but not exposure. From the nude sword-skewered body came a look of disapproval that intensified when he kicked her shredded costume off stage. Her head continued to glare when the blades were removed and her parts fell to the floor in a flood of blood. Once reassembled she did some improvising of her own and was soon in possession of severed male genitalia. The magician could reassemble himself once he learned his lesson.