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FORGET ABOUT DOING SIMILAR EFFECTS IN THE SAME PROGRAM
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Even if paper tear effects are your favorite, and you have several with different messages, only use one per show. Bottom line they are the same effect. A rule in the art of illusion is “never repeat a trick” so to do it again has the audience ready for what is going to happen and it is more likely to be figured out. It is also a good idea to not use a tool like a change bag more than once. If you do, make sure it is a different type (as there are several). This also will push you to expand your repertoire by using other types of effects. When I was about ten I decided to do a magic show in my backyard. My mother helped me make invitations that were rabbits that when pulled from the hat, had the information about the show. I put together my act which included ten effects, eight of which were using the Tommy Windsor Popcorn Dye Box. Since I only had one of these, I had my sister sit under the card table that was covered with a blanket and change out the loads. When I finished with one effect, I would set the box on the floor behind the table, segue from the one effect to the next, pick up the box (freshly loaded) and keep going. When I finished my last of the eight effects with the box and went to my closer, my six inch set of linking rings, I heard a kid in the audience say to another, “I’m glad it isn’t that stupid popcorn thing again.” Well I got feedback, and when I shared it with my folks, they suggested that maybe in the future I only use it for one thing in a show. Now they aren’t professional entertainers with years of experience to speak from, but they were right on track with that comment. – Kif |
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