It's amazing to watch this happen. There's a point in Next where Nicolas Cage envisions winning a girl's affections by a doing a bunch of lame sleights of hand and he totally nails this sense of awkwardness.

Pro Magic Tips: To ensure your audience realizes that the tricks are pretty cool, have them verbally confirm at regular intervals that your tricks are indeed "pretty cool."

Filthy Critic was even more brutal:

http://bigempire.com/filthy/prestige.html