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Moderncelt Veteran user Twin Cities MN 343 Posts |
I am rescripting a portion of my act in introducing my serial divination and wanted to run it by some folks for advice in tweeking it. Now this is scripting for more adult audiences after dinner rather than my corporate shows where I went over my script very carefully to makes sure there was nothing they couldn't come back to me and say "That wasn't appropriate". This is just the wording, I'll be going back over it and adding the emphasis and scripting later.
I’ve been asked, “How did you become a ‘Psychic Entertainer’?”. The truth is, …the hardest way possible. It seems like a lot of us do things that way doesn’t it? If there’s a hard way of doing something we’ll find it. When I started out, I decided that I needed to track down the best in the field and ask their advice…(pause)but they were too expensive and didn’t want to talk to me. So, instead I tracked down retired entertainers, and found one practically in my own back yard. He’d been well known on both stage and radio for his amazing abilities. By the time I’d found him he’d been living comfortably in a nursing home. I went to visit him and asked “Excuse me, are you Douglas?” and he said “Who wants to know?”. I explained my situation and wanted his advice. He said, “You know what, I’ll give you my standard rate. You can ask 3 questions for $100”. I said, “A hundred dollars? Really?” “Yep, standard rate.” Isn’t that kind of steep?” I asked. “Not really, now what’s you’re third question.” *pause* Nothing focuses your mind like watching $100 sailing away. So I asked “What does it take to be a REALY good psychic entertainer?” He said, “Oh, that’s easy. It takes three things, first you have to be able to connect with people, engage them emotionally. If you can tell them a good story, it doesn’t matter what you say, they'll believe you because they like you.” I said “Really? That works?”, he said “no, but it makes a good story.”. I said “I believe you. What are the other two things?” He said, “You need balls so big you need a wheelbarrow to walk around.” I said, “I can see that, what’s the last thing?” He said, “You’re not paying attention. I said the last two things were balls so big….” Well, I realized I’d been had, and paid my tuition, and as I got up to leave, he said “You know what kid, since you’ve been such a good sport, I’ll give you one last piece of advice on the house. If you’re going to be an entertainer…put you’re money where your mouth is. If you’ve got no personal investment, you get lazy, and no one likes a lazy entertainer.” I took that last piece of advice to heart, and to prove it I’d like to invite some one to help me put my money where my mouth is. |
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