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Kuzushi New user 79 Posts |
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On Mar 7, 2015, TheGiz wrote: May I ask you where you've performed with this out on the street? |
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Mario Morris Inner circle Mario Morris 2044 Posts |
TheGiz have you worked places where thier is a real active shell workers like Vegas?
Spain can be bad news, Denmark as well Also have you worked with out the shells in the last 20years? I assume you have. I noticed a sharp increase in my hat when I dropped them from the show. |
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TheGiz Veteran user 335 Posts |
Kansa
s , Seattle, St. Paul no problem whatsoever |
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Mario Morris Inner circle Mario Morris 2044 Posts |
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On Mar 8, 2015, TheGiz wrote: Good to know but trust me don't try it in Spain, Denmark or Vegas for that matter. |
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TheGiz Veteran user 335 Posts |
I never do the streets without shells. It's my biggest draw. Check out my video at: black belt magician on Youtube. Just shows a bit of my shell game.
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TheGiz Veteran user 335 Posts |
Excuse me its black belt magic on youtube.
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Mario Morris Inner circle Mario Morris 2044 Posts |
What this thread has been addressing is the dangers of working the Shells in towns and cities where you will get burnt for doing it even as a performer.
Now, if this is working for you Kansas, Seattle and St. Paul with no problems - good for you and I mean that. Performing this at markets were locals, stall holders and shop holders know you is one thing and that's great. Even better when they give you a spot to work. It quite another doing this busking as your main living and traveling from place to place, for that matter around the world. Rocking up to a big bad city were you know no one - eventually you are going to be misunderstood. I feel it could be misleading to suggest you can. FACT - It will draw attention - sometimes very negative attention! FACT - You will get yourself misunderstood performing this in certain places! This is speaking from first hand experience. If you have never got yourself into a real pickle with this then you must have always played it safe. Or if you have, share the dangers, this is what this thread has been about. |
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blue dragon magic New user 41 Posts |
I perform three shell game and three card monte I perform one as a demonstration of how the scam came abouts which relates to cups and balls and sponge balls the three card monte I perform as a magic trick in my story it takes guessing where the card is but they can follow along. in some areas performing three card monte and shell game is illegal performing such for exchange of money. getting tipped not a bet is a gray line in some laws we can distinguish the two but often the police cannot for some lack common sense. the police never was a problem for me. sometimes rarely they ask me not to perform it by it I mean either monte or shell it really comes down to how you perform it I have a routine for many ocasions. imprecer to demonstrate it as a magic trick oppose to gambling you can get it confused because a lot of times I perform it under the disguise of history of magic. I'm not saying cups and balls sponge balls came from the shell game but I can see where the game changed when the cops got familiar with the shells. I'm sure both was used for gambling at some point.
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ed rhodes Inner circle Rhode Island 2885 Posts |
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On Feb 15, 2015, James_Kelsey wrote: The very very first time I busked was in front of a piller next to a bank on Times Square. (This had to be somewhere '75-'76 tops) I had a good crowd, they laughed in all the right places, then I did "Color Monte." Up from nowhere comes a cop who breaks up the crowd, tells me I have to stop and then won't let me leave until he's read the riot act to me about what he could do! Took me a long while before I tried busking again and NOTHING that looks like a gambling trick!
"...and if you're too afraid of goin' astray, you won't go anywhere." - Granny Weatherwax
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