So we all know that certain magic tricks rely on sort of manipulating or even "erasing" parts of people's memory. For example, the effect "Double Cross" and it's predecessor, the ashes trick rely on this idea.
However, sometimes people remember entire tricks incorrectly, making them sound much more impressive than they really are, which can be a good thing or a bad thing.
For example, as high school went on, I slowly gained the reputation of "The magic guy" which I accepted. But, there was this kid in the grade above me named JR who had already cemented himself as our high school's "magic guy". I never got to meet him until junior year but up until that point, I heard all these stories of the effects he performed. I could tell by their descriptions that they were describing classic "street magic" tricks like the ambitious card, hand sandwich, two card monte, and angle z just to name a few. But the way they described them made it sound like he was performing these impossible miracles, and I knew they were describing them wrong because what they were telling me was literally impossible. But it got him a reputation so I guess it worked out.
For me, I performed Woody Aragon's Blessed Poker for my friend and minutes later she said I never touched the deck, let her shuffle it in any way she wanted, and let her deal and yet I always got a royal flush. If you know how the trick works, you'd know that a lot of this isn't the case. It doesn't use a full deck and the method doesn't allow for the magician to be dealt a royal flush, only a full house.
So yeah, do you have any stories of spectators misremembering a trick of yours, making it sound like a genuine miracle? Or maybe they got the entire thing wrong, describing an entirely different trick from what you performed.
However, sometimes people remember entire tricks incorrectly, making them sound much more impressive than they really are, which can be a good thing or a bad thing.
For example, as high school went on, I slowly gained the reputation of "The magic guy" which I accepted. But, there was this kid in the grade above me named JR who had already cemented himself as our high school's "magic guy". I never got to meet him until junior year but up until that point, I heard all these stories of the effects he performed. I could tell by their descriptions that they were describing classic "street magic" tricks like the ambitious card, hand sandwich, two card monte, and angle z just to name a few. But the way they described them made it sound like he was performing these impossible miracles, and I knew they were describing them wrong because what they were telling me was literally impossible. But it got him a reputation so I guess it worked out.
For me, I performed Woody Aragon's Blessed Poker for my friend and minutes later she said I never touched the deck, let her shuffle it in any way she wanted, and let her deal and yet I always got a royal flush. If you know how the trick works, you'd know that a lot of this isn't the case. It doesn't use a full deck and the method doesn't allow for the magician to be dealt a royal flush, only a full house.
So yeah, do you have any stories of spectators misremembering a trick of yours, making it sound like a genuine miracle? Or maybe they got the entire thing wrong, describing an entirely different trick from what you performed.
