Magic Tricks

Purchasing this lecture makes me feel like I was duped by the classic bait and switch tactic. My discontent is in line with the other negative comments about this lecture.

After seeing David Blaine perform this, I was very excited to be able to learn the skills of this effect. This lecture is even pitched as being the one that David Blaine uses. But what you get is literally 75% on spoon bending! There is very little here in the way of actual Invisible Touches skills or technique.

After viewing the entire lecture, I wanted to make sure I did not make a mistake and misunderstand what exactly would be on this lecture. I went back to the Invisible Touches page and read line by line what this lecture was about. And no where at all does it make any mention in any way about "spoon bending." I am very, very disappointed that Penguin would even sell this under the pretense that you are getting Invisible Touches. It feels like the classic Bait and Switch to me.

The very few 15 minutes or so you get of the Invisible Touches routine comes across as a bit amateurish. There is a part in the lecture where he says to the guest "I did not touch you", but clearly he did! I could see it myself and I'm sure that the other guest could see it too. I don't think it's very credible to do something to someone that can obviously be seen and then tell them you did not do what they claim you did. When it is clearly obvious you did. And when he went over the technique, he indeed said he does touch them and shows how to go about it.

The biggest disappointment was the end... I was waiting to hear how he was able to appear to have two guests, sitting side by side, both experience being touched, when one was touched and the other was not. For this grand finale you are shown a prop that is not provided and apparently pretty pricey, and told that this is how you do this effect. That's it. Not even a mention of where to purchase it or how to get one.

After spending one hour and 23 minutes watching this lecture, with the excitement of being able to learn Invisible Touches, there is very little I gained that I will be able to use to pull off this effect.