Hey all,
I'm working on developing a routine, and I would love to hear people's input on trick ideas, techniques, etc. It seems like a pretty simple premise, so any creative ideas would help flesh it out. If any of you have seen Lennart Green's "Poker Deal", and pretty much anything by Juan Tamariz (although Triple Coincidence is a strong inspiration here), you know that strange coincidences and cards going from disorder to order can appear quite magical.
So, if I wanted to build a routine where I portray a bumbler with the cards (not much of a stretch for me...), who always drops a few cards a la Green, shuffles messily, etc. and yet has amazing coincidences and miraculous organization of the cards, what sorts of tricks might you all suggest?
Just for clarity, I do plan on using Tamariz' Mnemonica for some of the tricks near the end, then switch to Stay Stack to miraculously bring all of the cards back to NDO as a finale, however I won't need any prep before that, so go crazy. I'd prefer to use normal cards for the entire routine, unless something insane is suggested that uses a gaff I can live with.
One last thing: If you can recommend some really good false shuffles that look sloppy and crazy (Lennart Green's Eternal Chain & Rosetta shuffles, Triumph shuffle), or any other tricks to make the audience think everything is chaotic when it really isn't, throw them out!
Thanks for the time it took to read this. Love to hear everyone's ideas!
Mnemonimage
I'm working on developing a routine, and I would love to hear people's input on trick ideas, techniques, etc. It seems like a pretty simple premise, so any creative ideas would help flesh it out. If any of you have seen Lennart Green's "Poker Deal", and pretty much anything by Juan Tamariz (although Triple Coincidence is a strong inspiration here), you know that strange coincidences and cards going from disorder to order can appear quite magical.
So, if I wanted to build a routine where I portray a bumbler with the cards (not much of a stretch for me...), who always drops a few cards a la Green, shuffles messily, etc. and yet has amazing coincidences and miraculous organization of the cards, what sorts of tricks might you all suggest?
Just for clarity, I do plan on using Tamariz' Mnemonica for some of the tricks near the end, then switch to Stay Stack to miraculously bring all of the cards back to NDO as a finale, however I won't need any prep before that, so go crazy. I'd prefer to use normal cards for the entire routine, unless something insane is suggested that uses a gaff I can live with.
One last thing: If you can recommend some really good false shuffles that look sloppy and crazy (Lennart Green's Eternal Chain & Rosetta shuffles, Triumph shuffle), or any other tricks to make the audience think everything is chaotic when it really isn't, throw them out!
Thanks for the time it took to read this. Love to hear everyone's ideas!
Mnemonimage