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gborn New user Illinois 3 Posts |
I built my chain with schackles today. Although a most basic chain escape I am excited to have learned it. Does anyone have a routine they use or good patter? Thanks in advance.
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Cliffg37 Inner circle Long Beach, CA 2491 Posts |
Make it look really hard. Let the audience think you are straining to get free. Houdini claimed the key to that escape was brute force. Obviously a lie, but play it up. If it looks like it is easy, they will think anyone can do it.
Magic is like Science,
Both are fun if you do it right! |
drwilson Inner circle Bar Harbor, ME 2191 Posts |
There are very good notes on the Siberian Chain in the Novak book Selected Chain Escapes, available from Cannon's.
I have had good luck with this combined with other restraints appearing to pick a borrowed padlock on the Siberian Chain. Once the chain falls off, no one looks at it. The "brute force" claim would not play well for me. A lot of people work out these days, there is likely to be someone in my audience who is obviously stronger than me. These are the guys that I usually select to put me in restraints. As for your script, decide who you are, what you are trying to convey, and the script will come to you. Yours, Paul |
Steve_Mollett Inner circle Eh, so I've made 3006 Posts |
Personally, I take the opposite tack.
Since I do more elaborate, 'high-effort' escapes after the chain, I treat the chain as a warm-up, 'playing with the restraints' routine, ala Randi with the Kellar Tie. After getting chained up and having the chains checked for tightness and security, I have a cloth draped over my hands by the spectator who did the chaining & locking. I immediately bring out my right hand to assist him in adjusting the cloth ("Yes--just like that.") I grip the chain through the cloth with the fingers of my right hand and bring out the left hand to gesture as I talk ("I'm going to try to get out of these chains, which is a very difficult escape.") "As you can see," I go on to the now-very-amused and nonplussed crowd, bringing the still locked chain out from under the cloth, "He's got that locked up very securely, so it should be quite a challenge. In fact, it will probably require some real thought, so I'll put it aside for now." I put the chain on my table and thank the spectator for assisting me. From a purely entertainment standpoint, it is one of the most memorable routines in my show.
Author of: GARROTE ESCAPES
The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth. - Albert Camus |
drwilson Inner circle Bar Harbor, ME 2191 Posts |
Steve,
On those rare occasions when I am being humorous with escapes, I use the thumb cuffs in the manner that you describe. Yours, Paul |
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