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RSD Special user Toronto, Ontario 534 Posts |
I have been told Rick Thomas did a trick with a Tray of Doom and Einsteins Relativity. I am curious to how Thomas used the two of them together.
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WayneNZ Inner circle New Zealand 1013 Posts |
Can't remember, but Relativity was loaded offstage. Making the impact less than it should have been.
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FoxRobert New user 44 Posts |
Hi Guys,
have you ever saw the Relativity from Rick Thomas? Is there any movie on internet? I`m so curious about his presentation. Thank you Robert |
Magicque Special user 673 Posts |
Yes, loaded offstage. I do it on stage and it looks better I think!
Good effect! |
briansmagic Special user USA 507 Posts |
I don't think it makes a difference one way or another where it's loaded; I don't think a lay audience would ever know the difference. The can is contained within a box that is held by a member of the audience the entire routine. The table which loads it is of course brought on stage later in the routine, and it's entrance makes perfect sense in relationship to the timing of the routine. Aside from that, the table is incidental and unimportant in the audience's mind -- just a surface to set things on.
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Magicque Special user 673 Posts |
Brian, you're wrong. See it done both ways and you'll see the difference it makes.
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briansmagic Special user USA 507 Posts |
Well excuse me for flat out being "wrong"...I think it's a matter of opinion. And, my opinion is that it doesn't matter either way -- the audience doesn't suspect that the table loads the can. And, if they did suspect it, I think Rick would have figured it out after doing it twice a day for over a decade in Vegas.
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Magicque Special user 673 Posts |
If the table is there all the time, it doesn't seem like a magic apparatus...Nobody touched it. If the table arrives on stage at the same time you put the chest on the table, it is less impressive.
Eric |
FoxRobert New user 44 Posts |
Guys,
you are both right. All depends on the presentation.Magicque when you are loading on the stage, you have to touch the table before. That is minus but you don`t have to bring anything "special" on the stage - that`s the plus. When you are loading off stage the minus is you are bringing something what is new to audience{the table} But it is`t join with table yet like in way of loading on the stage - that is plus. - So uctually all ways are good and all will depends on the presentation. Anyway is there any video of Rick Thomas doing this? I`d like to see his presentation. Robert |
Magicque Special user 673 Posts |
I never saw one foxrobert, sorry. But you're right, the use of the Tray of Doom is a funny bit.
Eric |
Lusion Special user 590 Posts |
When presented correctly as Rick did the audience never paid mind to the table, go to a show and watch them! You need to stop and get someone that is not a magician to let you know what is good, you guys are looking at it form a magicians eyes, if I was to do that I would only have 2 illusions in my show and 3 card tricks!
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