Magic Tricks

The instructions are not very good on this DVD. I loved listening to Gene, and watching him: he obviously is very comfortable handling newspaper. But after watching this three times I am still NOT able to say I know how to prepare everything necessary to preform this great illusion. It is not presented well at all. He loses his train of thought and skips about, and there are a couple of important assembly instructions that he completely forgets to show us specifically how to do! Do not get me wrong, this is a GREAT, fantastic trick, probably the best torn and restored paper illusion ever; Gene does deserve those accolades!! HOWEVER, this is supposed to be a TRAINING DVD. It could have been filmed as many times as necessary before releasing it to get it perfect, so nothing is missed. I get the distinct impression it was filmed only once. The trick is a 5 star effect, BUT, the DVD is a 3 star product because that is what you are buying. You will have to watch it many times, and experiment with things, before you figure out exactly how it is supposed to be done. If you have the patience to do that, well then, you will have the patience to do the routine properly!! Maybe that is why they did it the way they did! Who knows. Good luck. Clint