in the last couple of years, Ive had many, mainly young people (15-30),calling me out and saying how I am using a DL and that htye learnt this from 'youtube'.
Hi, thanks for responding.
I made my comment based on the OP saying that some people know what a DL is because they have seen it on youtube. Once someone has seen it they will recognise it as a "magician move".
Magicfish does it beautifully in the video clip, and it would fool any layman who has NOT been made aware of the move on YouTube etc because it looks so casual, automatic, plausible etc.
But it is different if they know what a DL is.
The video of Bill Wisch shows him doing great push offs. But he doesn't show the faces - so is he really doing a complete DL?
The problem is it doesn't really make sense to flip a card face-up, then face-down then hand it out face-down. No matter how smoothly you do it.
I think you may have mixed contexts here. The first video I posted was during a lecture where he was demonstrating its usage and how natural the push-off phase of the move looks. Not performing during a live routine. A lecture and live performance are two completely different situations where context matters. These two videos from the Magic Castle in 2009 show the Wisch-Wedge being used in live performance. Bill shows the faces of the DL's (and then some!). Note the crowd reactions during the Ambitious card routine segment and then the reaction to the Jennings Transposition in both videos. The Wisch-Wedge clearly fooled these audiences.
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