| Re: I Hate David Copperfield (Trick Review) |
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Group: alt.magic.secrets · Group Profile
Author: mitchell_learymitchell_leary Date: May 11, 2008 21:53
randwill wrote:
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>> This idea occured to me also R. Gould. I fooled with it and it's just
>> too risky, that gaffed card could reveal itself and ruin both tricks.
>> It's just easier to fan a deck and pull out the various cards needed
>> for each of the two effects (i.e. "Let's try this next trick with 3
>> different cards so it doesn't get boring"). You might use a blue deck
>> and bring a single red card from another deck. It's one of those blue
>> court cards that's gaffed.
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>> "I Hate David Copperfield" is the best close-up trick I've invested in
>> so far this year, maybe in the last 5 years. Even knowing how "Close-
>> Up Illusion" works, I'm still glad I bought virtually the same trick
>> over again. The gaffed cards are exactly the same for both tricks.
>> The only difference is the Linking Ring move, which is worth the $20
>> all by itself. It makes the trick so much more visual that I find it
>> hard to express with words.
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>> I've performed it at least a hundred times a day in the mirror since
>> I've got the DVD. I've done it for friends and it floors them. It's
>> so clever you can do it over and over without fear of detection. But
>> I do it just once, then barter with them to do it again (buy me
>> Wendy's and I'll do it again).
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>> What a great trick.
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>> -Leary-
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> It looks great to do it for yourself in the mirror. I never added it to my
> performing repetoire because I hate anything that, when they say, "Can I
> check out those cards, coins, ect.", I can't let them. At the end of the
> trick you are standing there with only three cards, one gaffed and all the
> heat is on them. How and when do you switch out the gaffed card or do you
> only perform it for friends who are too polite to ask?
Randwill,
You're exactly right, they want to see those cards. Nothing works as
smoothly as it does in an L&L video (Have you ever seen a single
person look under the table or hop over it to look in the magician's
lap? That's the real world of performing).
First off, I usually cull the cards from a deck. Lately I've just
been carrying around the three cards, but it's far safer to pull them
out of your deck so it looks impromptu.
In the IHDC DVD the guy doen't use a red card and two blue, he uses
all the same color. The idea of using a red one to penetrate the blue
is my idea, to me it looks flashier (if that's a word).
How to switch cards. I have so many methods I hardly know where to
begin. I don't know your skill level, I assume fairly advanced?
My personal favorite is a one-handed scoop change. I'd change out all
3 cards with this move.
I also have a way around the whole subject of "Let's see the cards"
that I've used since I was a little kid. And that is to simply keep
going onto the next trick and say "Let me show you an even better
trick...". Then fire off another one. Patter can be your best friend
in these situations. My ideal patter is the fast talking Eddie Murphy
snow job...basically that of a con artist.
You ask good questions Randwill. Learn some good basic card switches
and incorporate them into your card work. I can't do justice to my
card switches with words alone or I'd show you how to overcome this
obstacle right here. Something as simple as flopping the deck might
work for you, and like all bold moves it just takes the guts to get up
there and do it.
Sorry I couldn't be of more help, I hope I've at least pointed you in
the right direction.
-Leary-
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