The brothers have brilliant concepts which work deceptively well in front of a camera, and certainly
one-on-one, but is not necessarily workable unless there is a very small group (if any) of
onlookers.(even with "audience management")
As a professional working pro table-hopping in
restaurants and bars, my repertoire (spanning forty years) must exist within the following criteria:
must be able to be performed close-up and surrounded with a quick (if any) reset; of course being
visual and a fooler, allowing for audience-participation goes without saying! (or does it?)
Unfortunately this effect meets only a few of my criteria.
Even with expert misdirection,
the "vanish" is risky; I would use a thumb-tip for this! I will also use parts of a Jay Sankey
effect for this, (involving two rubber-bands which eventually link and are given away as a souvenir)
but using the brothers' subtlety placing it into the spectator's palm. This subtlety is brilliant
and certainly workable!
In addition, the initial "get-ready" for this is tricky, and would have
to be accomplished undercover of one's pocket or close-up case.
All in all I WOULD recommend
Bandit, a clever and visual fooler!
Magic Mike Likey
Bandit Unrealistic
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