Magic Tricks

Peter Turner is bold. I have to give him that.

I know some very bold guys who, without being mentalists or magicians or anything, can pull out miracles just by being good observers, taking chances and saying crazy things out loud about people they meet as they come up to their minds.

They will miss a lot, sure (like Peter Turner here) but when they hit... well, they will be addressed as gurus.

Mentalism might be many things, but one of the things I believe it's not is what most of the mentalists today think it is: doing a huge amount pre-show, and then taking bold guesses about all they didn't do pre-show about.

Add to that the accent, the super fast speed talking, the slang, the abbreviations, and the interventions of the host (who is not even paying attention to the lecture, asks questions about things that are not related to what's actually happening and on top of that speaks about his own stuff) and you have $ 29.99.- to throw in the trash can.

For a human being, or an artist, or a mentalist to become a legend, there is a formula that has to come into place: there has to be no internet available, there has to be no video or audio recording of the situation, and hundreds of years of spreading the word and amplifying the story have to go by.

There is no way to become a legend with this lecture, or this material.