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RCarruth Veteran user Spartanburg, S.C. 341 Posts |
Paint It Blank - John Bannon - A Review
Here is the ad copy for John Bannon's latest commercial effect. PAINT IT BLANK.. Bigblindmedia presents John Bannon's Paint It Blank (BBM187) - A self-working THINK of ANY card trick Comes with special Bicycle Gaff Card. Like an Invisible Deck - but with just ONE SPECIAL GAFF that works with any regular, shuffled Bicycle Deck! John Bannon's PAINT IT BLANK is one of the most powerful (and EASY) tricks you could imagine. You tell your spectator to clear their mind; to make it a blank. They then THINK of ANY card. No forces, restrictions, equivoque, preshow or genuine mindreading required - they literally just think of a card. You tell your plucky volunteer that the card they merely thought of is now invisible. Despite their (perhaps well placed) skepticism you confidently remove their 'invisible card' from the deck and slide it between two face up jokers. In a flash a REAL blank card appears in between the jokers. (It's like their 'blank' mind a few moments ago)! Then, while in the SPECTATORS HANDS, the blank card PRINTS itself, and is now the card they just THOUGHT OF! AND IT'S EXAMINABLE! (Oh, and you are reset, and left with a regular deck!) Super easy to do - requires no sleight of hand! Uses a regular, shuffled Bicycle deck and just one special (provided) gaff card. Perfect for performers - no reset and no table required No stacks No forces No sleights No gaff deck No equivoque No 'off by one' My Thoughts... OK.. I knew before I received Paint It Blank that it was a 'special' effect. I read all the reviews on all the review sites, most of which came out about the same time my review would post if I had quickly written my review. I decided to torture myself a little and let the initial dust fly before opening my copy. Then, I decided to play with it a few days and avoid writing about my initial reaction. Honestly, I wish I could say I -always- reviewed this way, but it's difficult. When review copies are sent out, only a handful of folks receive one.. but they ALL receive one within a day or two of one another. Wanting to be the first to publish a review, we sometimes write about our initial thoughts, which, in all fairness, can change after a few days. What's the purpose in my ramblings? Well... I'm trying to make a point, and my point is; I really appreciated the simplicity and thought behind PAINT IT BLANK.. and nothing has changed one iota since I opened it. The ad copy is fully correct. It uses a regular deck, it's easy, requires no sleight of hand.. although it does require a 'move' of sorts.. but only something you'll need to practice for a few minutes to get your timing down. You ask a spectator to think of any card. It's a free choice. You also bring to attention two face up Jokers laying on the table. The spectator reveals their thought-of card to the performer.. as he/she glances through the deck. This is the only point not mentioned in the ad copy. The performer now pretends to take the thought-of card, which is now invisible, out of the deck and places it on the table. In a moment the performer will place the thought-of card between the Jokers, and will pick up the packet and drop it face down on top of the deck. After a bit of conversation, the performer will remove the top three cards, fan them to reveal two face down cards with a blank card between the two. The two face down cards are reversed to show they're the two Jokers.. and the blank card magically changes to the thought-of card. There are certain subtle suggestions wrote into the script that make this effect special. Up front.. it may not fool everyone. That's my only negative. But it WILL fool so many.. so bad.. that it's well worth the price. I frequently perform a false cut familiar to many of you. Holding the deck in one hand, I remove the bottom half... PAUSE and make a quick comment.. then bring the bottom half over the top of the deck, taking it to the table. Then, casually drop the real top half on top of the bottom half already on the table. You guys are familiar with this false cut; it's taught in books for beginners. -But- I am so confident in this cut and the way I perform it, I do not hesitate to use it in crunch time. PAINT IT BLANK reminds me so much of this move. Done with confidence.. you'll fool almost everyone. Honestly.. As with most BigBlindMedia products, the production levels are very good. Video, lighting and sound are professional... and the instructions are easy on the mind. The effect includes both a DVD and the gaff card needed to carry out the dirty work. Everything you need will arrive in the mail, and you'll be performing this effect in less than a hour.. including video time. I do recommend PAINT IT BLANK to my readers and friends. None of you guys will be threatening me or my family after your purchase, and some of you will actually send a brief email to thank me... Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah! $20.00 ... From Dealers who carry the Murphy's Magic line of products. https://www.murphysmagic.com/product.aspx?id=63211
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