Mr Harbin gives here an excellent reason for the tearing of the newspaper. He acts like there is no room in the bus to read so he has to tear it apart. Great acting lesson.Superb magic.
Theatrics are such a big part of creating ANY illusion, but rarely exists today in many magic performances. Thanks for posting this... it's an EXCELLENT example of "cause and reason". (A few magicians and I were just discussing this sort of thing yesterday!).