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Mark New user 26 Posts |
I recently acquired a copy of the book “Strong Magic” per the advice of many here and have slowly been working my way through it. I noted that early on he says to avoid challenging the spectators to figure out how tricks are done because it destroys the illusion that it is done by magic - it reduces the effect to a puzzle to be solved, and makes them feel unintelligent if they can’t come up with a solution.
I have also been working through Gregory Wilson “On The Spot” video, and have started to learn his great effect “Recapped”, which is a five-phase routine in which both a pen and its cap alternately vanish. In the third and fourth phase he exposes how the previous vanish was done, which provides misdirection for the current vanish. Along the lines of what Darwin Ortiz says above, I would think that this also destroys the illusion of magic and reduces the effect to a puzzle. Has anyone familiar with this routine come to the same conclusion? Have you found a way to avoid exposing the trick and still continue forward? Also, I’d be very interested in learning more about impromptu effects with pens if anyone has a good source. Thanks, Mark |
Mr. Ed Veteran user California 337 Posts |
I perform recapped quite often. Okay, daily. I never thought about it in this way before. I suppose if you were a serious magician presenting that you have "Magical Powers," it would not work very well. However, Gregory Wilson's style is more of a happy, high energy style. For his style it works great.
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Craig Ousterling Special user 585 Posts |
I would think you might be able to change it up to the point of 'revealing' one vanish with a method that couldn't possibly be used. Sort of like when Burton shows how the silk and egg trick works. After all is said and done, he couldn't have possibly used the method he talks about because in the end... it's a real egg.
I'm not familiar with the routine you are talking about, but I believe that the method for 'showing' how a trick is done, then taking that method away with another illusion on top of the first is highly effective. |
HuronLow Special user 689 Posts |
I do recap all the time. This routine is meant to be funny! People laugh when they see it at my ear. They have no idea how it got there! So it adds an element of fun to your performance. Those aren't the only two phases to the routine either or that would really be dumb. There is still the first teleporting cap, then the striking vanish, and then pen that comes out of the cap. It's great even if you 'expose' it. Don't underestimate the effect. Have fun with it!
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Mark New user 26 Posts |
Thanks everyone for your perspectives. It is a really cool routine; I guess magic doesn't always need to be serious.
Mark |
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On 2002-10-21 18:31, Craig Ousterling wrote: The Silk to Egg can certainly result in the real egg. Some of the other tricks using the same gimmick can be even more astounding. Bob Sanders Magic By Sander |
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