Magic Tricks

This lecture might not have been outstanding but it has been very solid. A lot has already been said about the content, so I don't want to repeat that here. Yes, you have a lot of time being spent on the "crossing the gaze"-technique and some similar approaches by Slydini. But I wouldn't go as far as entiteling this a "theory"-lecture. The Zabrecky-lecture was one (at least the part that I did see...), but I would rather say that Tom's lecture was about technique. Everything he touched upon theoretically was at some point demonstrated in action - sometimes even in several applications. He did also show some routines, even some I know "on paper" through "Maelstrom". But I'm not sure wether I will really go to the extent to actually learn some of the routines. I think he even says at some point, that he didn't teach the routines for the audience to actually perform it, but to demonstate his misdirection-techniques. However, in the second part of the lecture there are some short card routines, that are actually quite nice that will pretty sure find some friends.
A big compliment to Mr. Kranzo, who has not always been my favourite host. But here, he was more "reduced" that in earlier lectures I have seen. He actually appeared quite knowledgable when it comes to the history of certain techniques and had a good sense for those rare occasions, where Tom rushed a little over certain explanations, to focus back on the details that some viewers might not have gotten.
A little downside for me however was the fact, that several apsects of the lecture are also on the Tom Stone lecture that Vanishinginc sell - one that apparently was held in 2008. I kind of hoped that Tom would not lecture on some of the same things he did 5 years before.
All in all: not a spectacular lecture, but one that you will learn a lot from in order to improve the magic you are already performing.