Butterfly Torn is a great instructional video. The production quality is fantastic. I’m a big fan of
TNR and this one is very good.
I only gave it 4 stars because you have to bring a kind of
large gimmick in and out of play and ditch it at the end. Even in the live performance, Yvan’s hand
position is slightly awkward. On the download, there’s an unedited performance that clearly shows
the awkward moment at the end of the trick.
That being said, this is some very clever
thinking and I like that the card is signed front and back. I don’t love how mangled the card is at
the end. I agree with the sentiment that a lot of magicians have that if one could actually fuse the
fibers of pieces of a card back together, why can’t they make it look like new again and iron out
the creases?
I may try this as a TNR dollar bill. I’ve performed a version of that trick
1000’s of times and I think the soft paper lends itself to more ditch options. This approach might
give me a fresh presentation of that TNR. Creases in a dollar bill aren’t as odd-putting as with a
card.
It’s a wonderful illusion and I look forward to giving it a try.
A great TNR
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