Brown
Penultimate Amazing
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As I mentioned above, "many of the tricks can be improved." I recently took a rather run-of-the-mill trick and improved it. The way the trick is described in the book, the trick can "blow up" if the spectator makes an innocent error (the spectator will not know that he's wrecked the trick, but the performer will know it). The book does not tell the performer what to do if the spectator messes up. (Naturally, the perfomer doesn't want to say "Pick a card, any card, but not THAT one!")
I have discovered two "outs": one that rescues the trick and undoes the spectator's "error"; and the other results in a finish that is truly spectatcular. In other words, it is actually better for the performer if the spectator messes things up: if the trick goes as usual, it is a run-of-the-mill trick... but if the trick gets messed up, it becomes an astonishing miracle!
I will be happy to perform this trick at TAM2, and to teach it (along with my improvements) to anyone who wants to learn it.
I have discovered two "outs": one that rescues the trick and undoes the spectator's "error"; and the other results in a finish that is truly spectatcular. In other words, it is actually better for the performer if the spectator messes things up: if the trick goes as usual, it is a run-of-the-mill trick... but if the trick gets messed up, it becomes an astonishing miracle!
I will be happy to perform this trick at TAM2, and to teach it (along with my improvements) to anyone who wants to learn it.