How to approach tables and show set up 1&2

Mark · 11-16-2011, 05:32 PM

Great series, and nice to finally see someone who doesn't take an overload of stuff with him too!

That said, you already know that I don't agree on every single thing because it has been discussed on here before, but that's all fine because you tell it purely from your own experience and my experience is a little different, but... I believe there is a glitch. Please reply on the following to set things straight.

You said you actually introduce yourself as "the house magician", but you also said you don't want anyone to know what is about to happen, like with the "Do you want to see something absolutely amazing?" line (in my case it is "Would you like to help me out?", in which I also take care of the people that originally would not want to see magic, but in the end they are always glad they said "sure" because they needed the distraction from real life, just an idea for whoever needs it).

I think that once you said you're a magician, whatever prop you use is irrelevant because the spectators know something magical is about to happen. So then it would be unnecessary to bash on card tricks as opening effects because your opinion is that these give you the same kind of atmosphere, which you said you didn't want to create to begin with.

So how does that work?

11-16-2011, 05:32 PM	#7
Mark Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 935	Great series, and nice to finally see someone who doesn't take an overload of stuff with him too! That said, you already know that I don't agree on every single thing because it has been discussed on here before, but that's all fine because you tell it purely from your own experience and my experience is a little different, but... I believe there is a glitch. Please reply on the following to set things straight. You said you actually introduce yourself as "the house magician", but you also said you don't want anyone to know what is about to happen, like with the "Do you want to see something absolutely amazing?" line (in my case it is "Would you like to help me out?", in which I also take care of the people that originally would not want to see magic, but in the end they are always glad they said "sure" because they needed the distraction from real life, just an idea for whoever needs it). I think that once you said you're a magician, whatever prop you use is irrelevant because the spectators know something magical is about to happen. So then it would be unnecessary to bash on card tricks as opening effects because your opinion is that these give you the same kind of atmosphere, which you said you didn't want to create to begin with. So how does that work?