First off if you are looking for nothing more then routines then this will disappoint you. However,
if you are looking for moves / techniques that may set you apart from others then you will be happy
with the purchase.
Vinny Marini's lecture may not have been structured or laser focused as
other ones that I have watched, but what you will get is a bunch of tools that you can incorporate
into your work. These moves are bold, but effective. His card scoop is one of the real gems. Most of
the lecture is devoted to cards with the end to coins and some misc items in between.
I
really enjoyed his card through handkerchief effect, which used the story of Houdini. The best card
effect in my opinion was Scent of a Women. This is one where you have three people pick a card (two
men, one woman), have the woman sign her card, all three cards are ripped up and placed into a brown
lunch bag. Vinny then finds the signed card by smell. Can be quite funny and a solid effect.
He does his take on the Crimp palm (Thumb Crotch or Fickle Palm) with some moves and a few basic
routines. Doing a copper silver effect looked really nice.
Overall others might find the
jumping from topic to topic and the lack of full routines to be a turn off, but I enjoyed it. I
found lots of little things to work on and just seeing how someone takes prior ideas and makes them
their own can be inspiring.
A lot of Techniques
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