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JJKnight New user 52 Posts |
Just the other day I showed a deck to my best friend, let him hold them, and then casually took the top two cards (again not really hiding them) and did a 'snap change' (least that's what I call it probably not proper name) and he insisted I was using a special card and it was a trick card. All of this took place while explaining that I practice my effects and can't believe people still fall for them (because of course I see how they are done). While having this innocent conversation that I never thought of as 'patter' I had completely fooled him. Needless to say I just came up with a new routine for this very simple trick! But the whole time he continued to insist I had gaffed cards (obviously our term not his) in the deck that he had handled just moments before.
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Magic-Scott Veteran user 310 Posts |
Hand the deck over for inspection
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Evan Jay New user 17 Posts |
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On 2012-06-11 15:07, JJKnight wrote: I realize you said this was an innocent conversation and was with a friend; however, I really do not like this line of thinking. We are already fooling the people we perform for, why belittle them with a commment like that. Just because we know some magic is easy doesn't mean we should rub it in their face! |
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Mr. Mystoffelees Inner circle I haven't changed anyone's opinion in 3623 Posts |
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On 2012-05-30 21:05, MaxfieldsMagic wrote: I would like to add one other option- stonewall (hold fast) and refuse to hand over anything! Why should you? Would James Bond? So, either obfuscate, do a deck switch, refuse to let go of your props, or all four! And, yes, James Bond was a great magician... Jim
Also known, when doing rope magic, as "Cordini"
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XingDa New user 1 Post |
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On 2012-01-31 14:49, MagicofDesperado wrote: It's great! |
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Tim Hughes New user Shropshire 25 Posts |
I'm a doctor in the UK, and have practised on family, colleagues and the general public. The worst spectators by far are my nursing colleagues - they absolutely hate magic effects, and get really angry if they can't work out what is going on. It seems to be a profession specific response.
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AutarchicFlux Special user 583 Posts |
I tend to push any effects requiring a trick deck to the front of my routines, so that by the end of the routine the deck has been swapped out for one which is 100% examinable and legitimate. I find this generally gets the deck out of play before too much suspicion can fall on it. By the time the spectators are feeling the urge to really scrutinize the cards, they can feel free.
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FSB New user 4 Posts |
I had one lady who was thoroughly impressed, but said it's not magic. I asked her what her definition of magic was, she didn't know but knew this wasn't it.
Love this quote: "For those who believe, no explanation is necessary; for those who do not believe, no explanation will suffice." -- Dunninger |
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DavidAusten New user 53 Posts |
Quote: must be! my sister in law is a nurse and HATES it when she cant figure it out. The same can be said about female police officers, a freind of mine takes it as an offence that in some way I have insulted her intelligence.
On 2012-08-09 10:33, Tim Hughes wrote: |
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Pengnome New user 57 Posts |
ASk them how it is tricked, show them its not. Prepare a tricked deck to show them the next time.
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jugglestruck Inner circle Wales 1038 Posts |
Nice story peculiarone, you just can't win sometimes
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Alan Munro Inner circle Kentwood, Michigan, USA 5952 Posts |
I've heard that approximately 30% of the American population is mentally ill. I just think of them as people that aren't taken seriously, by those who matter. If someone can't live with a mystery, I think of them as unbalanced.
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wafflesthemagician New user Vancouver, Canada 73 Posts |
I think that if you've got people thinking that you're using a trick deck of cards, let them think that, and give them the cards as a gift afterwards, telling them to "try to figure out the secret" of how the "trick deck" works.
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DerekG New user 52 Posts |
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On 2012-10-12 21:19, DavidAusten wrote: It's not just the female police officers, it's most of them. I'm a police officer myself and when I show most of my colleagues a new illusion, they get more agitated than most people when they can't figure out how a trick is done. It screws with the same part of their psychology that made many of them become cops in the first place, the need to find answers. |
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Bicycle Rider New user 93 Posts |
I think there are people out there who doesn't enjoy magic, and that nurse could be one of them. What I learn is that picking my audience carefully helps preventing unpleasant experience.
Conjurer of cheap tricks
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khuzhai New user 77 Posts |
Give the deck as a souvenir!
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lambretta1963 New user 32 Posts |
In my limited experience, I have found that one in ten people tend to think the magician is trying to make a fool out of them not just to fool them. These people will do anything to spoil a trick. You can also spot these people a mile off. Leave them the deck and say `your turn'.
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204rags New user 41 Posts |
I think the one above that suggested you say "Really ?" and then hand them the deck is perhaps the best suggestion.
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vampiro Loyal user Atlanta 240 Posts |
What I say is what kind of trick deck are you talking about, I don't know about them.
while they are explaining things, I switch out my trick deck for a real one. when they are done, I hand them the trick deck. |
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TheMag1cian Inner circle Ottawa, Ontario 1274 Posts |
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On 2012-11-05 08:11, Alan Munro wrote: I believe it boils down to what type of personalities youre dealing with. Type A personalities (more aggressive, outspoken, egocentric) tend to not like the "shame" of being fooled, especially in front of others. These are the same individuals who become agitated in a friendly board game if they don't know the answer or lose too much. If their ego is challenged, they react negatively. I do believe that if you took these individuals one on one that their reactions would be different. Being confused in front of their peers transforms their social dominance into submissive dominance which in turn translates in to negative reactions. Oh yeah .. and I really dislike performing in these lose-lose situations as well. |
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