The secret to how this works is brilliant. And I mean truly brilliant. Let me say this: you are
using only two cards. I would have never come up with this in my lifetime.
One caveat. The
Wayne Houchin close-up demo is absolutely accurate—with the one exception: the insertion of the card
and the display of both sides (prior to bringing it up to face level) is an abject misrepresentation
of actual performance, and to be honest, they had to work REAL hard on this misrepresentation. There
is some audience management involved—not a seamless moment as seen here. But once you’re at the
insertion phase (as shown at face level with Houchin), it’s exactly as seen.
I'd like to amend this comment a bit. My good Friend and epic mentalist, Stephen Chollet addressed my above caveat and indeed did demonstrate to me how Houchin could (and most likely did) perform the demo without any chicanery above and beyond the scope of the trick. I just wish that had been addressed, as the get ready for it is near none.
As far as a routine goes, it's great.
One misleading issue
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