Richard's material is always good(?), but this is, at best, mediocre. While only showing 2 routines,
there are no ideas to expand upon - you just learn it the way he does it. And, the entire first
routine is based on a device that he no longer sells! Plus, his actual physical actions seem overly
acted. Kreskin does the same thing, only better (performance-wise). But the method is close to
identical. So, a waste of time to watch.
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Be aware Richard does this primarily using his ThoughtScan board. It is a great board but you can
adapt the method to other boards/tablets/folders. And he does give details on his handling.
There is another method he covers at the very end but the construction of that is not as
detailed as on his earlier DVD set.
However, he does run a couple examples of cards he received
from the audience and goes over how he would do his reveal of the information. To me this was worth
a lot!
Richard gives a great performance using his Thoughtscan board. Watching this video over and over
will give you confidence doing a Q & A performance.
Get this download if you aim to do a Q
& A.
Watch and learn from a master mentalist! He also teaches a very simple and basic Q &
A, besides his Thoughtscan method.
You cant go wrong with this video!!!!!!!!
I would have paid the price just to watch Richard do the presentation. I performed the first routine
in this video about 6 times within the last month and I am very thankful to have something so
angle-friendly. He goes in depth more than he did in the Mind Mysteries DVD and everything is
thought out very well. Yes, the mechanics are simple as someone else said in the comments, but that
is part of what makes it so good!
Richard Osterlind is a master Mentalist. He is one of my mentors in mentalism. This series are
wonderful and this episode is the best I think. Q&A is a difficult subject but I really like
Osterlind's way of performing it. Thoughtscan act is my best. Every mentalist who want to add a Q&A
routine in his act or want to think deeply about the subject must look this episode. Thank you for
sharing this.
This is by far the very best routine for Q & A. Not really Q & A but thought scanning. Just plain
Brilliant.
While I already have a Q & A that I do, I thought I'd try out the method Richard teaches here at a
high dollar, private, in-home show that I was booked for recently. It absolutely KILLED. For just
a few dollars and a little bit of work, I now have a back-up, do virtually anywhere Q & A that is
tremendously effective. I love that there's no pre-show work or unreliable "other methods" for
getting the info. I believe this is a great and simple method for a working pro.
I really liked this installment. Great method, especially if you have that one thing you can buy
from his site. The Q&A I have always liked but my method is really old school and will be greatly
improved and easier using his handling. I took away one star because of the infomercial feel.
Can't really put my finger on it, but this routine seemed a lot more exciting and innovative from
the trailer. There's a tremendous amount of set-up involved, and you have to build a gimmick of
sorts to execute it. There's some good stuff in there, but I wasn't blown away.
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He did a really good job of performing and explaining several major routines. It was worth its
weight in gold.
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