I often don't recommend stuff that I really love the most and the stuff I want to use, because I
want to use it for myself and keep it more secret.
However, I've seen too many magicians,
even a professional magician once,
do the magician's choice SO BADLY
that it left me
wondering how many
innocent minds were deprived of what
could've been a mystery.
If you ever plan on using Magician's Choice/Equivoque,
please do your poor audience a favor
and watch this DVD VERY CLOSELY.
Max performs various effects
using this methods many
times,
and you need to listen carefully
to every little phrase Max says to appreciate it.
Most of his phrases depend on the spectator's
choice, and Max say one phrase or another
phrase
accordingly...very fast, without missing a beat,
so that it appears that was the next
clause in his
sentence from the start. BRILLIANT.
Apparently, that pro magician I
saw do the MC
so badly had performed it the same way
since he first discovered the
secret..
when his uncle taught it to him at age 7.
It's like most things in magic;
it's not just knowing the secret,
it's knowing the secret AND executing it flawlessly
(after much practice and study).
Do I like Max Maven? No, I never liked him.
He's
not a likeable guy (and he doesn't try to be).
But this is genius.
When I used to work
behind the bar at TGIF,
I recall doing several things over the course of about a year...
ID
or Brainwave D, floating bill/napkin, sponge bunnies, card under drink, ambitious card, Now You See
It (from Royal Road), 2 Card Monte, Mind Power Deck or Radar Deck, $100 bill switch...
But
sometimes I would just do something without any of my props. Told spec to lay out several small
items..cell phone, watch, shot glass, pen, ring, etc. About 7 or 8 items. I wrote one of them on
my napkin, scrunched it up and set it near spec. Then equivoque'd them. It KILLED.
If you
perform this well, YOU CANNOT TOP IT.
(but beware...it is very easy to suck at this. It
doesn't require physical dexterity..you can do this until you're 90 years old and with 2 hands tied
behind your back; but your mind must be ready).
Remember! It's not just knowing the
secret.
Many people know the secret to the Balducci Levitation,
and they think that's all
there is to do it.
But there are several subtleties,
and it takes tons of practice to
make it look beautiful.
