Postby MagicbyAlfred » December 9th, 2018, 11:38 am
Since a comment was requested by the OP, here is my two cents:
1. The card handling is excellent.
2. The plot (layman gets pummeled by card expert) is not strong and is likely to leave spectator feeling like a fool. I do not believe in the magician trying to look good at the spectator's expense or comments such as "you don't have any confidence in yourself" (paraphrasing what I heard). In fact, my preference is to make the spectator the star.
3. Laymen are not familiar with Faro shuffles. So even though the shuffles look cool, the spectators are likely to believe (and correctly so) that there is manipulation. Also the cards are not cut after the shuffles (compare, for example, Bill Malone's handling of Sam the Bellhop, where not only does he riffle shuffle and cut, but allows the spectator to do so). I have found that even though a layman may not know what you did, if they know you "did something," then conviction is weakened or destroyed. As Erdnase said: "They should not even suspect, let alone detect."