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Stop the Press by Martin Lewis


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This is Stop the Press, a headline prediction with a supermarket tabloid like the Globe, or the National Enquirer.

You hand a sealed envelope, containing a prediction, to a bystander. A page from the tabloid is torn into pieces and a spectator selects one of the pieces. Headlines on other pieces are all shown to be different. The spectator gets to choose a headline from either side of the piece they chose. Your prediction is opened and proved correct.

It's a great audience participation piece, and an excellent medium for topical humor. It's at home in the largest of theaters, yet plays perfectly in even the most intimate of close-up settings. No complicated gimmicks, sleights, or calculations involved.

Need I add that it packs small plays big, easy to reset, and the effect? Well, the effect on an audience is remarkable. Al Koran closed with it, and it's been used by such notables as Dunninger, David Berglas, and Max Maven.

IT'S THE BEST FAKE NEWS EVER!

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Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on April 12th, 2017
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I imagine this will work and it'll be good, but after receiving it, it's not something I will spend a lot of time on, but rather file in a drawer and go on to something else. The reason for that is because this must continually be re-purchased to continue to perform, ie refills. That increases the cost of this and decreases the availability, convenience and independence of this effect. I think I'll just go to a no-tear newspaper effect and do some other prediction that I can use over and over again.. thx.
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Baffling, funny, and easy! Report this review
Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on May 29th, 2017
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What's not to like? This is an engaging trick with room to add your own jokes (or hey, just borrow Martin's if you like), a topical presentation hook, and a method that erases several problems with other solutions to the effect.

The spectator herself chooses which piece she wants and then a headline "on either side of that piece" (or so it is perceived by the audience). This freedom erases several solutions that might come to a spectator's mind.

Also, you don't have to do any math during the ripping, as in Koran's original method and variations.

In exchange for this freedom and cleanliness, you need the specially printed pages that come with the effect. However, they're perfect replicas of National Enquirer pages and not expensive per show. In my view, well worth it for a very strong effect.
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Easy, surprising and mind-blowing Report this review
Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on June 12th, 2017
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This is perfect Martin Lewis creativity: take a traditional trick (like a headline prediction) and remove all the complications and unnecessary effort, making the trick easier to accomplish and just as good--if not better than--the original effect.

You'll destroy one of the specially printed pages at each show, but you'll also destroy your audience. And isn't that what we're all shooting for?

If you're planning to do table-hopping mentalism, this one probably isn't for you. But if you want an effect that requires very little set-up and completely fools an audience (while also being very entertaining), perfect for platform or stage, this one will do it.
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Stop THe Press is Lots of Fun To Perform Report this review
Verified buyer Pro Privacy ON (login to see reviewer names) on June 28th, 2017
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This effect is wonderful and logical update of a classic effect by Al Koran. It gets lots of laughs and it has a killer ending. Martin Lewis has done it again with 'Stop The Press.' I will continue performing this until they stop making the gimmick.
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