One star to Penguin
Five stars to Mark Calabrese and Dan Harlan for the great lecture !
When Penguin began with this kind of product (live lectures), we were allowed to ask questions.
Some lectures were not live because the magicians couldn´t be in the Penguin Studios. So,
no problem in this case. These were the case of the MacKing, Juan Tamariz and the Mystery School
lectures for example.
But, Penguin changed the product. Now, all the lectures are live only
for whom is present on the Penguin Studios. They are no Live anymore. All the lectures now are pre
filmed !!!
If you can´t go there, you can´t ask questions anymore ! So, if you don´t live in
Ohio, this product is not Live for you !!!
As David Roth told us in his lecture, the
difference of a lecture and a DVD is that you can ask during the lecture ! And we are not allowed to
do this anymore :( !!!
Penguin should tell this clearly on his site. Selling a pre filmed
lecture as a live lecture is not right with the subscribers of the product.
Please, don´t
answer this post telling me that I can unsubcribe anytime I want. What I want is the old product,
where we were allowed to ask questions live.
Best Regards,
Me
p.s. I already sent twitters, emails and tried to communicate with Penguin. Until now, no reply
was sent to me. So, this is the way that I have to expose the problem !
So, let´s talk
about the lecture:
Rubik's Revenge (4/5) - great trick that uses 2 rubiks cube. The routine
is very good. Got 4 or 5 because in one part of the trick, he uses a technique from other magician
that he couldn´t explain. He said lots of products that can be used, but unfortunately he didn´t
explain a way of
doing one part of the routine. Despite that, if you have one of the products he
suggested and likes the Rubik Cube, this is a great routine !
Cyrano (4/5) - great routine.
The method is ingenious. Very good ! Got 4 of 5 because in the beginning, he showed a way of
"revealing" a passcode of a phone and didn´t expalined how to do that. He told us where we could
learn it but, as not being something from him, he couldn´t explain. But, this part is not necessary
for doing the trick !!! Even without this little detail, the routine is very well constructed and
the method is very very good !!! The method has a new way of doing something that mentalists do a
lot ! But, in Cyrano, the method is really improved (in my humble opinion).
No Dice (5/5) -
This alone worths all the lecture price ! Guys, this method can be used in lot's of situations where
you need to force a number !!! Awesome !
Blow (3/5) - This is something that is not new for
us magicians. Despite that, it's a great trick.
Potato (5/5) - Again, Mr. Calabrese came
with something very well thought ! The routine is OK, but the principle can be used in lot's of
things ! Your imagination is the limit ! Really liked this !
On resume, now that the
lecture has already been filmed, this is a very good product ! Very recommended !!!
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