Magic Tricks

Hey all,

Wanted to give a few thoughts on Chris Rawlin's lecture. First off, Chris comes across as a very likable guy and is very engaging, which I think is more important than any "trick" personally. So what about the material itself? I'll tell you what.

Credit Guard: As the guy that handled the envelope and participated in the effect itself, I will say that it is very fooling. You can LITERALLY say that you haven't peeked the credit card, which makes me very happy because it frees up the internal script, the less lies you have to tell the better.

Hack: Personally, I love Docc Hilford's work on this particular plot and that will be the variation that I will continue to use. That being said, this is a very direct and clean handling and the staging of having the newspaper's under the chair and getting everyone engaged made me rethink how I go about performing this effect. If you're looking for a handling of a newspaper test that is extremely clean and impromptu then pay attention on this one.

Reveal: So as Dan put it at the lecture, "this is the BEST clipboard work out there currently," which I think is completely correct. This is a devious little method that allows you to peek a really large area at a moment that most people will forget even happened. I will be picking myself one of these very soon.

Lucky Lotto: Ok, so let's take a moment and I am going to tell you why I think the other reviewer are wrong...sorry, no rudeness meant, it's just I think if you believe the principle in Koran's Medallion is sound then you're just upset for the wrong reason.

Now that we have that out of the way...this is a startling and wonderful effect that I intend on using since American tickets are the same as British ones (SCORE!). This is wonderful and I am going to slightly adjust the method with a little know Peter Turner idea from his book Dare To Be Bold.

Flutter: This is a lovely little moment of mentalism, plus it can be re-framed to fit a variety of premises. This is more of a one on one or small group effect in my opinion, but that being said, it could easily be changed to play larger.

Drop Card: This really fooled me honestly and I smacked myself when Chris told us the method. This is a really really clever little visual piece of strange that I think gives a great justification to using cards and presenting a card effect as a startling piece of mentalism.

I am going to be playing with this idea a lot and if you're clever then the aforementioned issues with the routine's method can easily be handled to create an extra startling effect. I won't even hint what this is because it's not mine, but Karl Scott & Peter Turner will understand completely.

Overall:
Chris know the real secret to a great performance and I won't be mysterious on what that is...engaging people. I learned more about that from watching Chris than anything else. If you come into this lecture with a mentality of "I want tricks, I want tricks" then you should pimp slap yourself because that's not what our art is about, it's about the EXPERIENCE. That being said, Chris understands that and I really want to see him and Jermay live on the Sixth Sense Tour to experience their shows myself.

10/10 EXCELLENT WORK!