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daffydoug Eternal Order Look mom! I've got 14077 Posts |
To explain what I am thinking here, I'll give an example of Richard Sanders packet effect called "Ten"
At the end of the effect, all the jokers have transformed into tens. Beautiful! BUT, the addition that I do is as folows: I have four jokers pre-set in my pocket, and after revealing the transformation, I reveal that the jokers have magically traveled to my pocket. Of course, to add to the impossbility of it all, as I perform I am very careful to perform with my hands CLEARLY away from the vicinity of my pockets. ( which shows I could not have placed them there by natural means. I DON'T want the spectator to conclude this, because it would explain everything by natural skill.) I employ this "they traveled to my pockets" ruse (and sometimes to my WALLET!) with MANY packet effects of the nature where cards totally transform into different cards. For example Boris Wild's "Very Wild" Of course, this kind of alters the effect from a transformation into a transposition, I suppose, but aren't both effects equally magical in the spectator's mind? Plus it gives the effect an extra kicker AND a satisfying conclusion, because you have not just left your spectator "hanging" as to what happened to the jokers, but you have tied up the loose ends and brought them back from the "twilight Zone." By Twilight Zone, I am referring to that strange place in their brain where they feel something wierd has occured, but they are just left hanging there in nowhere land wondering where the %^$# the jokers REALLY went. After all, the spectator thinks "I know jokers can't really turn into Tens! Hmmmm.I know! He must have switched them or something. Yeah! that's it!" or "they must be TRICK cards! Let me see those cards!" or WHATEVER dumb conclusions their ever probing, but dull brains can dig up to explain the incongruity from established reality that you have just so generously and graciously shared with their pitiful little mind. How do you feel about this? From a magical, and a psychological point of view, do you think it's best to just leave the spectator floating around in the T.Z., or should we bring them back down to earth with our satisfying, albeit PSEUDO explanation of what just happened? I'm looking forward to hearing different viewpoints on the subject.
The difficult must become easy, the easy beautiful and the beautiful magical.
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joesilver New user 73 Posts |
Personally, I think it depends on the particular packet trick you're performing. That said, I'm not sure I would do the same thing. The T.Z., as you put it, is exactly where the spectator(s) should be. After all, it's hard enough to get them there.
As a fan of magic, the excitement comes from not knowing where the "Tens" went, or the assistant, the car, the tiger, etc... Turning one object into another is as beautiful as it is creepy. I love that feeling. As a magician, I don't feel the need to close every door I've opened. By that, I mean it's okay to leave 'em hanging from time to time. It's actually pretty rewarding. The fact that you're playing with ideas like this is a great sign, however. Making effects your own is something more magicians should do. To that end, I say go for it. If you want to change a transformation to a transposition, why not? |
daffydoug Eternal Order Look mom! I've got 14077 Posts |
It just seems to be the direction my mind flows in lately, knowhutimeen?
The difficult must become easy, the easy beautiful and the beautiful magical.
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