Hello people of the interwebs its Steven back again with yet another blog post. This post is going to be 100% aimed at magicians so apologies in advance to my non magician readers.
Today's trick is from a book that doesn't only have great tricks but also equally as good essays.
Today's trick is from a book called "One Degree" by John Guastaferro and it can be found on page 6. The name of today's trick is "either or"
I want to start off by saying that I am a huge fan of not only Johns magic but his thinking and theory behind magic. I was lucky enough to meet and hang out with John at a recent magic convention and this was great to pick his brains about magic and theory.
The trick was really easy to learn and I had it down in less than 5 minuets.
I performed this trick as taught in the book for a friend who has saw me do a fair amount of magic and this got a poor reaction. The reason was that I know a lot about her and the trick is aimed at learning a bit more about your spectators. However I performed this again for a group of about 6 girls who hadn't seen me do any magic before and it got a really good reaction.
I should say here that the second time I performed this I used a David Williamson move/idea to do what was needed. However the trick in the book isn't about how you do the effect it's about the main presentation and that's what I think makes this a great trick. You can do the exact same presentation as taught in the book using more than one method.
The second time I performed this I used it as an opener and I think it worked great here as I got to know my audience a lot more. I think the information I obtained I could have used later on in a mind reading routine.
Will it stay in my act? Yes, I will keep this in my act but I won't do the handling taught in the book (on occasion I might). I will however do David Williamson handling and use Johns presentation.
Well guys that's it from. I will be back tomorrow with day 5 of learning and performing a skipped over trick. Until then see you tomorrow.
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