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Athos Elite user NADO - Mind reader 481 Posts |
What would be your favorite out if you where to miss on a suggestion sequence on stage? I want to add suggestion to my script, but I'm not sure due to the potential of missing.
I'm very interested in Stuck in a moment by Luke Jermay, it's not 100% suggestion, but there's a potential of missing too. ~Athos
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rbattle Loyal user 266 Posts |
No risk, No reward
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Al Straker Grammar Host Australia 1129 Posts |
Just have a sure fire effect built in to the routine to end on. Then the suggestion part is not the only thing you are relying on however if it comes off you have your miracle.
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docsteve Inner circle 1831 Posts |
If you try a suggestion on stage, it's important to build up "social embarrassment".
In other words, if a volunteer hasn't taken a suggestion, they will often look uncomfortable, and squirm a bit. Now as a performer, it's not right to allow a spectator to feel like this, so you lean in, smile and say quietly "That didn't affect you? It's OK, we'll try something different..." Now to the audience, this LOOKS like some kind of hypnotic transaction. I ahve an example on Youtube (can't post the link from work PC :-( - search "Hypnotic Vodou tests"; the 'not walking' suggestion was not taken by the participant, but a lot of people thought she was 'stuck' or 'fighting the impulse' because she walked funny - no, she just didn't take the suggestion!
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Chris K Inner circle 2544 Posts |
Athos, the Jermay effect ends with a 100%, sure-fire ending if I remember correctly. Prior to that, you are just talking with the participant, at least to the audience. For example, let us say they raise their hand for exactly one second, you simply say something along the lines of "So, that was one second for all of us, no more, no less, but to Amy here, I am sure it felt a great deal longer, did it not, Amy?" You then seque into something like: "Now, I will attempt to truly influence the flow of time..." and into the sure-fire ending.
This is, in my opinion, both the strength in suggestion effects as well as being where most people fall down. The beginning of Psychological Subtleties goes into great length about this as did the original ball effect from the color series ("what happens if they don't say blue?") and I think that proper application of this principle is sadly wanting. I mean, some good advice here, but I think it is kind of shallow in regards to other methods. Just as an example, the advice "end with a sure fire effect" is great but, alone, won't provide the type of overall performance if you can mask any hits at all. It would come off as follows, after throwing a crumpled paper to select an audience member: Quote:
Please think of a color and say it quickly...Purple? Wow, that is great, please uncrumple the paper and read it. Blue? Well, I missed on that, but check this out, let me write something right here, okay got it. Please, think back and tell me the last four digits of the earliest phone number you remember. Got it? What is it? 2525? Well, check this out, I wrote 2525. Compare that to: Quote:
Please think of a color and say it quickly...Purple? That is perfect, most people say red or blue, but not you. You are exactly the kind of person I can use for this next demonstration. Let me write something right here, okay got it. Please, think back and tell me the last four digits of the earliest phone number you remember. Got it? What is it? 2525? Well, check this out, I wrote 2525. Now I, and I would be curious if anybody had a differing opinion, I think the second example is vastly superior to the first, even though they both adhere to the "sure fire ending" recommendation. I used the example because while I think the advice of sure fire ending is sound, there is a whole lot more to it. In other words, I didn't want to offend anybody but did want to really push my idea. L |
Looch Inner circle Off by 3362 Posts |
Second Al Strakers post
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phil in KC Regular user 199 Posts |
Lemniscate, your point is well-taken. It isn't just a sure-fire ending, it's the smooth segue from the failure. It may be passed off as a "warm-up", it may be unacknowledged (as with the paper ball example), it may be spun, as with the one-second example -- there are several possible approaches. The point is to plan your approach, so you don't fumble when the miss occurs. It's the old magician's saw: Act like that was what was supposed to happen -- the audience won't know that it wasn't.
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