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Jerome Finley V.I.P. SLC 3419 Posts 
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I've seen Banachek do his Q&A live. It was very good . . .
He was so bold, working right under my nose! I have not seen many Q&A performances. Best, J.
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Jerome Finley V.I.P. SLC 3419 Posts
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P.S. I use the Final Answer.
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Steve Suss Inner circle 1193 Posts
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Glenn Falkenstein performs and teaches his blindfold Q&A on his video. I've seen several performances of Q&A and it can be either very powerful or very boring. It depends on the performers personality. Also Lee Earl has a Q&A teach in.
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Jerome Finley V.I.P. SLC 3419 Posts
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Duh. How could I forget F&W?
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adgnyc Loyal user New York City 293 Posts
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Bob Cassidy has many incisive thoughts about -- and full routines for -- Q&A. I particularly commend his Jazz Q&A in "The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy," which, to me, remains the nonpareil of effective mentalism. (This is not intended as a slight to other mentalists.)
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mota Inner circle 1658 Posts
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I saw Kreskin do his act live, including the Q & A.
He struggled but it was a very senior audience. During the contact mind reading he got five people on stage to hide the object. Two of them changed their minds and just weren't there when Kreskin returned. When he was doing a card divination effect audience members were calling the cards out...for some reason the method was well known to these seniors and they knew what card came next. Tough crowd...Kreskin did real good. |
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teejay Inner circle Liverpool, UK 1831 Posts
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On 2007-02-27 18:36, jaymon59 wrote: It was Invisible Tarot TJ |
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teejay Inner circle Liverpool, UK 1831 Posts
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Hi Bev
Your question seems to have hit the nail on the head LOL Quote:
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Malchat Special user The Kingdom of Croiset and Wonder 885 Posts
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On 2007-02-27 18:55, bevbevvybev wrote: Fair points, but I don't think it's so crazy considering the way many of us learn this art. In fact, I'd go so far as to claim that you don't ever see most mentalism effects performed. Most of the good ones, the classics, the ones that really matter, are in old magazines, obscure booklets and limited manuscripts, and not captured on DVDs that you can conveniently fast-forward through. True performers are also scarce on the ground (at least where I live.) I can honestly say I've never seen such a perfect Q&A performed, at least not according to the conditions Bev lays out... not even the psychics (not entertainers, psychics) I've witnessed do it completely cold - they always asked for the question or read it, no apologies. But I still strive to emulate that kind of holy grail presentation to the best of my ability, based on what I believe it should look like, what I think is convincing and artistically pleasing. I use gimmicks, but I'm considering phasing them out as my experience grows. I'm starting to realize that the theory only takes you so far. You just have to go out there and do it. Confidence is a greater asset than by-rote technique in this case. As a side-note, not directly related to Bev's post: if you're not using some form of intuition or character reading in every effect you do, chances are you're not doing mentalism. After all, how can you claim to have all these incredible connections to people's minds if you can't even make the simplest observations about them? Cold reading is not a cute technique to dress up a Q&A - it really should infuse everything you do.
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Lord Of The Horses Inner circle 5406 Posts
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We should also open a thread "SUGGESTED PRACTICE FOR Q/A".
Reading as many books as you can, watch as many videos as you can, listen to the big names like Dewey, Webster, Martin on tape or CD... but then go out and go ahead and JUMP (as David Lee Roth would say!  )
Sooner or later this is a REQUIRED step!
Then you'll rise right before my eyes, on wings that fill the sky, like a phoenix rising!
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bevbevvybev Inner circle UK 2674 Posts
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If anyone's done a memory routine, you'll know that you have to first remember each item with a peg word/association, and then 'forget' it
This is kind of what I do with Q&A, as well as peeks. I don't take too close a look. I don't take too close a peek. Sometimes I miss-read the info. However, it means that there certianly is less than a glance to be 'found out' but also it means that sometimes I can struggle to even remember what I looked at, if I got it right at all. My struggle is believeable, I can't flippin' remember the stuff I looked at! Comes across as looking like the real thing sometimes. |
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John C Eternal Order I THINK therefore I wrote 12967 Posts
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On 2007-03-12 14:33, bevbevvybev wrote: Ok, that's it. I told myself if I read one more of your posts -- bevbevvybev -- I was going to buy your COMBINED EBOOK + FLASH CARDS + TICK SHEET SYSTEM + TICK SHEET SYSTEM EBOOK. I just did. Now I will be able to read Palms. 'Cause there's lots of those down here in Florida. John |
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bevbevvybev Inner circle UK 2674 Posts
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Hehe
wish you luck not that you'll need it! you'll have fun and make money roll on holiday season! |
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