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insight Inner circle 3095 Posts |
In this clip, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o1FX2XQYLk , Lior Surchard is exposed to have done pre-show work by the host of the Today show, who happens to be the spectator for the effect. Lior also gets "caught" switching (as commented on by another host) the spoon for the metal-bending effect. My question is, in your assessment, is it the method (pre-show) that is to blame for these shortcomings, is it the partially aggressive hosts, or is it the fault of the performer, in this case, Lior, for allowing the host to reveal to the world that he had forced her to do pre-show.
I ask because many blame the performer when the method doesn't work. In other words, any shortcomings are attributable to the performer. In this case, the method has worked, but Lior has failed his attempt to silence the hosts from revealing the pre-show and the switch. Both hosts reveal this, to the embarrassment of Lior. Seems like his performance was weak, especially as it relates to spectator management. Regards, Mike |
david12345 Special user 714 Posts |
I think he handled it well. He regained control
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Chad Sanborn Inner circle my fingers hurt from typing, 2205 Posts |
I disagree. I think he handled them very well. When you do pre-show work, you will always run the risk of someone revealing it accidentally. Or not recalling what you did in the pre-show during the actual performance. Its just part of the risk of dealing with audience members. He glossed over it all and kept it moving. Granted it probably didn't go as well as he'd hoped it would, but in the end it could have been much worse. I think he handled the adversity well.
I remember one time I was doing a show and the audience was made up of other variety acts and performers. Usually those types of shows are the best audiences. But I picked a volunteer, a lady from a Cirque show, and she decided she wanted to be a star in my act. I was doing a card to wallet effect, and asked her to select from a fan of cards. She just reached out and took the whole fan out of my hands and pulled out a card, showed it to the rest of the audience, and placed it back in the pack and shuffled the cards before handing them back to me. The look on my face must have been priceless! Obviously, she thought she was getting the better of me on stage. I don't know what on earth would make her want to ruin another performers act but she was trying. Now, If you have ever seen me do my card to wallet, I use a force to match a duplicate. But not any regular force. I use a forcing pack. All 52 cards are the same card! So to me it really didn't matter if she shuffled or not. Nor did it matter exactly how she chose her card. My only worry was that she didn't look at all the cards at the same time. And you know what? She was so worried that I would somehow see her card that she practically shuffled them behind her back hiding them from herself as well. So at the end of the routine, when I found her card in my wallet, it was not just a good trick, it was a freaking miracle! I got a standing ovation and she told me as she headed off stage, that it was the best magic trick she had ever seen. |
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