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stevefaulkner Regular user 166 Posts |
Hello there!
Does anybody know if you can use a normal Zombie ball to perform Raymond Crowe's Naked Zombie routine? Any recommendations?
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Bill Hegbli Eternal Order Fort Wayne, Indiana 22797 Posts |
From this review: http://magic.about.com/od/magicreview/fr/040808crowe.htm it does not sound like it, as it uses mime. If you use the traditional Zombie, then it would not be Raymond Crowe's routine.
The only similarity is the word Zombie. |
Lawrens Godon Inner circle France 1108 Posts |
I have the DVD, and you can do the moves with an ordinary Zombie ball...
As it says in the review, these are very clever ideas and techniques which can enhance our magic/acting. Highly recommended! |
mtpascoe Inner circle 1932 Posts |
Yes, you can use a normal Zombie ball for this with the exception of one move with passing the ring. The video is great because it features the comic brilliance of Raymond Crowe. Also, the moves are great. What I plan on doing with it is to combine the regular Zombie moves with the Naked Zombie moves.
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Jeb Sherrill Inner circle Elsewhere 1161 Posts |
Well, yes and no. It would be very difficult to use many of the Zombie balls made today for Ray's work.
Number one, the internal hole wall (to use a euphemism only owners of a Zombie ball would understand) needs to be deep. The old Abbott's ball would work, along with a few others. However: Number two, the moves work best with a larger ball. I have used a five inch but would suggest at least a six inch to hide the work properly. The best thing is to make your own ball if you want to use the Naked Zombie moves. As for whether or not it is indeed "Zombie", that subject is debatable. It is certainly related to some moves done with a Zombie ball sans the gimmick and, yes, there is a lot of mime involved in getting it to look right, but there should always be a great deal of mime involved in getting Zombie to look right. There is, however, more than "only" mime involved in Ray's work. Jeb
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Hare Veteran user 323 Posts |
Mime or magician, Raymond Crowe manages to stroke about as wondrous and aesthetically pleasing a performance as I've seen with that old floating ball. It goes to show how important practice and artistry and, uh, practice really are. I can watch his stuff over and over, and never get tired of it.
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Mr. Mystoffelees Inner circle I haven't changed anyone's opinion in 3623 Posts |
I found a glass-blower who made me a half dozen different sizes and colors of glass globes that work really well and look like bubbles. As I have large hands, he was able to size the hole just right. Works really well...
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Phil Tawa Regular user Mass. 103 Posts |
Code: put your thumb in its bellybutton. I always start by showing the ball, and it magically floats away from me while holding.
Then reach out and pull it as if to bring it back. Lots of acting. You have to pretend you're pulling on it to make it go back in its stand. Then, I cover "IT" with the foulard to control it more. We wouldn't want it to escape into the crowd because it likes to.....(I put a comic line here depending on the crowd). I have pretty fat thumbs, and the Morrissey balls seem to take mine fine. |
Jeb Sherrill Inner circle Elsewhere 1161 Posts |
Ray's work is not exactly that, which is why standard Zombie balls won't work well for most people.
Jeb
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