Sorry I wanted to like this but I'll never use it, even for only a $5.00 download. That's because
it's done exactly how you think it's done. Now I understand why there wasn't any footage taken out
on the streets, or in a bar like most Penguin downloads.
It's probably because the trick
wasn't getting any good crowd reactions, and that this isn't going to fool anyone except perhaps
very young kids.
One of the problems is that at the moment the effect happens, you have to
turn your body AWAY from your spectators at an odd and unmotivated angle that will immediately
arouse suspicion.
I like Dalton and have purchased some of his other downloads, but
there's a reason why, as even though this effect has been up for a week now, as of the day I'm
writing this, there's only a total of 6 reviews posted and my guess is that others, like myself,
immediately guessed how it was done simply from watching the demo.
Even though you end
clean, the angle your spectator will see this at is unnatural and at the most crucial moment, the
effect has to be performed so fast, that your spectators will ask themselves
"Why is he
turning away from us and why is he suddenly covering up part of the trick?"
Because no,
they never actually see the card fully going through the deck.
That combined with the
sudden odd angle, means that this goes straight into (figuratively) my bottom draw of unused tricks.
The best I can give this is a "2".
A review shouldn't include your assumptions about why they don't show live audience reactions. You may be correct, but you don't know that to be the actual reason.
Assumptions about a scenario that isn't even in the trailer...makes no sense to include this in your review of the actual effect.
To RaceBlakart: It's NOT an assumption because that IS in the trailer! You can clearly see him turning away from the audience at the very moment the effect is performed. What magician ever does that?
I made an INFORMED assumption which, last I checked is still legal, even if it doesn't happen to please your sensibilities. Penguin apparently found nothing wrong with it eitherm otherwise, they would've deleted a portion of it or banned it outright ... ... and they did neither.
If you read user comments on various websites, magicians are making assumptions every day about tricks, i.e, ALL the time. There's absolutely nothing wrong with it, especially when the assumptions happen to be true.
Check www.themagiccafe.com. Magicians speculate and make assumptions on a constant basis, it's part and parcel of the communications that they share in field where we can't outright describe how something is performed.
It's a terribly weak trick and I was being kind in rating it only two stars, it really deserves only one.
Lastly, I'm not here to meet your particular standards. You have your opinions and I have mine and I can make any assumptions I want, whether you like it or not.
I'm assuming for instance, that one of the reason there are only 6 reviews for his trick is that a number of potential reviewers saw my negative review, and realized that I was correct because I verified what they basically were afraid of and at some level strongly suspected all along:
That the reason he turns his back at the exact moment the effect should be most openly showed, is because the trick is as terribly flawed as it appears. For as effective as it ISN'T, he might as well just have tuned his back totally to the audience.
Please watch original video. https://www.instagram.com/p/CSS0_N7gYgQ/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Yes, I've watched the Instagram video Jay, and it looks TERRIBLE!!!
I invite everyone to view it again, because the moment the supposed magic is happening the demonstrator is covering up 95% of the action with his hand.
He might as well have used an opaque red or black handkerchief because nothing's observable and it's done so fast it will absolutely draw suspicion on itself. Nobody's going to believe this. It looks fake and any thirteen year will immediately suspect how it's done and they'll be right.
IMHO it's an unfortunately a rather deceptive demo/text.
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