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- May 19th, 2024, 1:07 pm
- Forum: Magicana
- Topic: Chicago Opener
- Replies: 48
- Views: 22940
Re: Chicago Opener
The bogus identification “gag” is not critical to the trick is it? If you can perform the trick without that element, which you can, it is by definition NOT essential. (It is, in fact, just an excuse for changing the back of the card for the first phase. There are other presentational choices possib...
- May 18th, 2024, 1:04 pm
- Forum: Magicana
- Topic: Chicago Opener
- Replies: 48
- Views: 22940
Re: Chicago Opener
The identification isn’t an effect. It’s a gag. The magic as pop clearly points out is the magician changes the color of the back. You can eliminate the bogus premise if using it to locate the card and you have lost absolutely nothing to the effect. And if you CAN cut something and lose nothing, the...
- May 16th, 2024, 9:15 pm
- Forum: Magicana
- Topic: Chicago Opener
- Replies: 48
- Views: 22940
Re: Chicago Opener
Interestingly. My jumping off point was also POP’s routine. Specifically it came from working with someone who kept trying to present it but invariably it came off as confused and out of joint. (Having said that, it doesn’t when pop does it. But that’s because pop is a highly skilled performer who c...
- May 16th, 2024, 3:54 pm
- Forum: Magicana
- Topic: Chicago Opener
- Replies: 48
- Views: 22940
Re: Chicago Opener
What makes the Chicago owner effect interesting is the second surprising change - which you cannot accomplish with a Bertram or similar technique. So the kicker is a color chsnge too. So for clarity, it stands to reason and is born out in practice, that making both phases congruent leads to a strong...
- May 16th, 2024, 1:25 pm
- Forum: Magicana
- Topic: Chicago Opener
- Replies: 48
- Views: 22940
Re: Chicago Opener
Marty Why must the trick be presented as an identification? There are countless means to find a selected card. What makes this special? It’s the fact the card changes color And in performance you see this born out. People react at the revelation of the back having changed. THAT’s the magic. AND it’s...
- May 13th, 2024, 1:20 pm
- Forum: Magicana
- Topic: Chicago Opener
- Replies: 48
- Views: 22940
Re: Chicago Opener
I don’t think it suggests that Having worked on this a few years ago what I noted was that people exclaim when they see the cards back has changed. Showing that it’s their card is anticlimactic. And if you think about - makes it nothing more special than any other pick a card and I find it by some m...
- May 12th, 2024, 12:25 am
- Forum: Magicana
- Topic: Chicago Opener
- Replies: 48
- Views: 22940
Re: Chicago Opener
The magic moment is the card changes color. Whether or not it’s the selected card is really just about accuracy rather than mystery. So - first phase; LOOK at the card that’s selected when they pick it. Make the card change. Since they know that you know the identity of their card, no one cares at t...
- May 5th, 2024, 3:09 pm
- Forum: Magicana
- Topic: Chicago Opener
- Replies: 48
- Views: 22940
Re: Chicago Opener
It can make sense. One merely needs a better frame
And you can 1)take all the heat off the double or 2) perform it without a double.
And you can 1)take all the heat off the double or 2) perform it without a double.
- May 1st, 2024, 1:13 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Astonishing ACAAN on Fool Us
- Replies: 254
- Views: 10616
Re: Astonishing ACAAN on Fool Us
Isn’t the players theater where Monday night magic used to be held?
- May 1st, 2024, 9:07 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Astonishing ACAAN on Fool Us
- Replies: 254
- Views: 10616
Re: Astonishing ACAAN on Fool Us
C Auguste Dupin is the name of the detective in Poe’s Murder in the Rue Morgue.
And it appears as if he has been dupin’ you.
Had he spelling is Nipud perhaps we could have had a 200 plus page thread on it.
And it appears as if he has been dupin’ you.
Had he spelling is Nipud perhaps we could have had a 200 plus page thread on it.
- April 30th, 2024, 6:03 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Need help identifying a silk trick
- Replies: 7
- Views: 549
- April 30th, 2024, 4:26 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Astonishing ACAAN on Fool Us
- Replies: 254
- Views: 10616
- April 30th, 2024, 4:24 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Astonishing ACAAN on Fool Us
- Replies: 254
- Views: 10616
Re: Astonishing ACAAN on Fool Us
I just learned that Mr. C. Auguste Dupin, a private investigator of some renoun, has taken an interest in this matter. Though I am forbidden to offer my own opinions, I would consider it a crime to deny you good fellows the benefit of his brilliant wit. "That I conclude, is the fundamental rus...
- April 28th, 2024, 10:55 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Astonishing ACAAN on Fool Us
- Replies: 254
- Views: 10616
Re: Astonishing ACAAN on Fool Us
Note: I will add that online (where most magic is sold today) visual magic is popular because the means of conveying the effect is inherently visual. But the real ‘magic’ is the staging of the reactions. Seeing those reactions cause the potential buyer (in this case the Actual audience) to inject th...
- April 28th, 2024, 10:49 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Astonishing ACAAN on Fool Us
- Replies: 254
- Views: 10616
Re: Astonishing ACAAN on Fool Us
I agree and will go further. Visual magic, I contend, is often the weakest because nothing is required on the part of the audience. Magic happens in the mind of the audience. Visual magic requires one merely to accept or reject what is seen. Non visual magic (can and should) encourage-require the en...
- April 28th, 2024, 10:34 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Astonishing ACAAN on Fool Us
- Replies: 254
- Views: 10616
Re: Astonishing ACAAN on Fool Us
Is Fool Us considered a game show? If so there are countless rules in the US which would prevent all the stooging opportunities that are imagined here. And even if it isn’t, it seems like a lot of people chiming in have never been to a taping of a TV show and have no idea the systems, processes, and...
- April 28th, 2024, 10:27 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Astonishing ACAAN on Fool Us
- Replies: 254
- Views: 10616
Re: Astonishing ACAAN on Fool Us
Melvin wrote:
A magic trick is the passage from state A to a modified state B.
In theory, the faster the transition between the two states, the stronger the magical effect.
According to what theory in this?
- April 9th, 2024, 12:07 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Do you perform the Four Burglars?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 818
Re: Do you perform the Four Burglars?
Laypeople love that premise.
The anthropomorphism of playing cards seems to resonate positively with real people. Cannibals. Twins. Marx Brothers. Hotel guests. And of course the cops and robbers.
The anthropomorphism of playing cards seems to resonate positively with real people. Cannibals. Twins. Marx Brothers. Hotel guests. And of course the cops and robbers.
- April 3rd, 2024, 12:56 am
- Forum: Alternative Media
- Topic: Golden Buzzer!
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2090
- March 30th, 2024, 3:19 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Aha! Look what I found!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1301
Re: Aha! Look what I found!
It is astonishing stuff but perhaps not too practical in the sense that there are very few venues where you can do that kind of thing. Great for TV but I don't really know where else you can do it. I’m not convinced it’s even great for TV. They had to tell the audience what they were seeing. Plus i...
- March 28th, 2024, 4:55 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Aha! Look what I found!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1301
Re: Aha! Look what I found!
That they had to explain to the audience what was happening reveals the flaw in this type of screen on screen magic.
- February 26th, 2024, 9:04 pm
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Ancient Automata
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1426
Re: Ancient Automata
For those into this sort of thing:
https://www.automatacon.org/
Great little gathering. Have a talk at the first one. Amazing collection of pieces on site.
https://www.automatacon.org/
Great little gathering. Have a talk at the first one. Amazing collection of pieces on site.
- February 26th, 2024, 11:41 am
- Forum: Magic History and Anecdotes
- Topic: Ancient Automata
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1426
Re: Ancient Automata
Not quite ancient but still new books about old automata. Elizabeth King is an amazing artist. Saw her exhibit at Mass MOCA years ago From the site: Elizabeth King and W. David Todd, with photographs by Rosamond Purcell An abundantly illustrated narrative that draws from the history of art, science,...
- February 23rd, 2024, 11:59 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Magician paid to create fake political robo calls
- Replies: 4
- Views: 919
Magician paid to create fake political robo calls
MSNBC report. magician Paul Carpenter claims to have been paid to create AI based fake robo calls impersonating Joe Biden encouraging democrats not to vote. Paul is - and this is a personal opinion and not a medicinal diagnosis - bat crap crazy. It’s telling they only showed his picture and no inter...
- February 22nd, 2024, 10:48 pm
- Forum: Feature Articles
- Topic: Please retire the term, "cardman."
- Replies: 294
- Views: 331505
Re: Please retire the term, "cardman."
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Alliteration is absolutely antithetical to accuracy albeit amusing
Bill Mullins wrote:Dustin Stinett wrote:I am a fan of alliteration
I'm an aficianado of alliteration, myself.
Alliteration is absolutely antithetical to accuracy albeit amusing
- February 22nd, 2024, 3:58 pm
- Forum: Feature Articles
- Topic: Please retire the term, "cardman."
- Replies: 294
- Views: 331505
- February 20th, 2024, 6:27 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Blackpool 2024 Day Three
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1762
Re: Blackpool 2024 Day Three
Craig Mitchell: “*Celia Munoz: our singing ventriloquist returns this time under the guise of summoning the dead at a seance. She drinks, smokes and eats whilst singing what sounds like “Ave Maria” - the name of our dearly departed. I much prefer my ventriloquists to have actual physical characters ...
Re: Bad Magic
magicam wrote:fred kirchner in part wrote: Is magic advancing or still almost a century behind?
Can you please clarify, a century behind what?
And which century are we behind ?
- January 7th, 2024, 10:44 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Italian Amusement
- Replies: 8
- Views: 935
- December 20th, 2023, 11:33 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Dead books
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1586
Dead books
Thought maybe we should make a list of books sold on pre order that have seemed to have died
I’ll start with the Alexander de Cova book. De Cova says he’s waiting on Washuber. Washuber says he’s waiting on de Cova. Meanwhile all of us are waiting for a book we paid for ages ago.
Next?
I’ll start with the Alexander de Cova book. De Cova says he’s waiting on Washuber. Washuber says he’s waiting on de Cova. Meanwhile all of us are waiting for a book we paid for ages ago.
Next?
- December 17th, 2023, 3:17 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Topping the Deck
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4569
Re: Topping the Deck
Is it true that the deck must be squared for the topping technique? Wouldn’t Howie disagree?
- December 16th, 2023, 5:49 pm
- Forum: Marketing & Magic Business
- Topic: Marketing a character
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2071
Re: Marketing a character
Magicians are entertainers, not actors. Actors work in service of the script and the director--they are not there to entertain you. Magicians are no different than singers, dancers, and novelty acts. Many actors are entertaining Many singers and dancers produce work that is engaging and thought pro...
- December 3rd, 2023, 2:19 pm
- Forum: Alternative Media
- Topic: Beetlejuice The Musical
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6370
Re: Beetlejuice The Musical
I hear the version touring through Colorado has immersive elements - very hands on experience for certain members of the audience.
- November 24th, 2023, 4:51 pm
- Forum: Close-Up Magic
- Topic: Change Blindness References
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5370
- November 21st, 2023, 9:59 am
- Forum: Alternative Media
- Topic: Terri Rogers on Morning Joe MSNBC
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1891
Terri Rogers on Morning Joe MSNBC
Video and brief discussion of Terri Rogers on tv this morning in preamble to a discussion of a book called ‘Overlooked’ - a collection of NY Times obituaries that never were but should have been.
- November 15th, 2023, 3:36 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Not the Bob Read Book...Kurt Volkmann's Geschichte der Zauberkunst
- Replies: 48
- Views: 28273
Re: Not the Bob Read Book...
Dustin - I think you locked the thread you intended for discussion of the volkman book
- November 15th, 2023, 1:25 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Not the Bob Read Book...Kurt Volkmann's Geschichte der Zauberkunst
- Replies: 48
- Views: 28273
Re: Bob Read Book?
I propose we amend the title to ‘not the Bob read book’. All in favor . .
- November 15th, 2023, 1:17 pm
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Derren Brown's Unbelievable - a review
- Replies: 58
- Views: 15324
Re: Derren Brown's Unbelievable - a review
I’ll tell you why. Because most magicians are interchangeable copyists who could easily if not better be replaced by actors who actually have honed their artistic sensibilities by trying to find their own voices and not just trying to appeal to contest judges many of whom wouldn’t know art if it bit...
- November 15th, 2023, 10:19 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Derren Brown's Unbelievable - a review
- Replies: 58
- Views: 15324
Re: Derren Brown's Unbelievable - a review
It’s sad to me (and reinforces so many of my beliefs) to see someone rooting for the failure of a magician trying to something actually new. Reference my comments on how magic contests and fism especially are backwards looking and actively discourage innovation - I’m not surprised to see who’s rooti...
- November 15th, 2023, 10:11 am
- Forum: Buzz
- Topic: Magicians aren't "crazy artists" says study
- Replies: 3
- Views: 671
Re: Magicians aren't "crazy artists" says study
I’m surprised you could find a pulse among members of the ibm, sam, and magic circle let alone an artist. Someone one should have told them that the artists are the ones least likely to be members of those clubs. It’s like looking for Picasso in an old folks home art appreciation class. All the weir...