I can't in good conscience recommend this. I do think The Magic Square is a decent routine, but I
have problems with this particular product. As Jermay points out at the very end during the
credits, this is a very old effect, and he goes on to cite others who have done some exceptional
additional work with this effect. Unfortunately, Jermay isn't one of them. This is just a verbatim
presentation of the oldest, most basic presentation.
Well, his presentation does introduce
a needle-jabbing element, but quite frankly, this is just completely ridiculous. It has no place in
this type of routine, and if you make a habit of handing a needle to a spectator and asking to be
jabbed with it, you're inviting trouble. Sorry, but this is just foolish and unnecessary.
Jermay recommends that the performer memorize the template, but he makes no secret of the fact
that he has not; he also freely admits that he has no interest nor aptitude at math. This suggests
to me that this is not an effect he has ever performed regularly, and it merely represented a
convenient effect to add to his product line.
If someone is truly interested in this
effect, I would take advantage of the recommendations cited by Jermay in the credits. Those writers
truly embraced this effect and brought something new to it. What Jermay offers here is strictly a
mercenary effort.
Can't support this
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