So...I am preparing a Mentalism show...pure mentalism and I am doing some research I decided to watch a LOT of mentalists in action in youtube...and I had to come a great realization...almost an epiphany...
Mentalism is not perfect....
I know, I know...maybe some of you see that as obvious...maybe some of you think that´s not true...but let me tell you something...I saw Bob Cassidy doing some mind reading and when he is saying statements he says "that person is your mother?" and the spectator says "No.." and then he asks other questions and the spectator says again and again "NO"
But I could clearly see that he dismisses the wrongs like they never happened...and when he gets something right...he makes it big...also when he show the predictions...it´s like all the wrong questions never existed...and people never remembers that he asked a lot of questions and said a lot of statements wrong...
I think that is a main difference between magic and mentalism...getting all the sleights good, avoid flashes, good presentation...and here presentation and naturalness (hope that word exist") is way more important...
Mentalism is not perfect....
I know, I know...maybe some of you see that as obvious...maybe some of you think that´s not true...but let me tell you something...I saw Bob Cassidy doing some mind reading and when he is saying statements he says "that person is your mother?" and the spectator says "No.." and then he asks other questions and the spectator says again and again "NO"
But I could clearly see that he dismisses the wrongs like they never happened...and when he gets something right...he makes it big...also when he show the predictions...it´s like all the wrong questions never existed...and people never remembers that he asked a lot of questions and said a lot of statements wrong...
I think that is a main difference between magic and mentalism...getting all the sleights good, avoid flashes, good presentation...and here presentation and naturalness (hope that word exist") is way more important...