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Maybe it his hinting Chris' method??lol Or maybe it is making fun of another Torn and Restored that uses a lighter??haha Or maybe it's just there to make you wonder why. Kind of like the movie Bottle Rocket when Owen and Luke Wilson where the tape on their nose.
 
Kenner's Torn Asunder is the trick David Copperfield performed with the Honus Wagner baseball card. No lighter involved there.
 
Now, with TNR being released, why is Kenner holding a lighter up to a piece of card?

In the routine that Kenner teaches on the DVD, after you tear the card up, you hand a lighter & the torn pieces to a spectator. You take two pieces from them & have them hold the flame underneath to "heat" up the edges. You then restore them. This is repeated with the 3rd & 4th pieces. The lighter & your spectator holding the torn pieces are COMPLTELY OPTIONAL.
 
In the routine that Kenner teaches on the DVD, after you tear the card up, you hand a lighter & the torn pieces to a spectator. You take two pieces from them & have them hold the flame underneath to "heat" up the edges. You then restore them. This is repeated with the 3rd & 4th pieces. The lighter & your spectator holding the torn pieces are COMPLTELY OPTIONAL.


That is a very good idea!
 
There's another use for the lighter that Kenner mentions in the DVD besides just using it to provide a better routine. But you'll have to get it to find out :)
 
you can use flashlight, light bulb, water, used diaper, ANTYHING. You the man......