Please tell me someone on this forum can understand the reference in the title of this thread.
This is part one 1 of a 2 part thread I will be doing over the next little while. The purpose of which is to warn you about all the problems I have had while doing street routines.
The many enemies of myself in card magic and how to defeat them.
Mirrored sunglasses - The most painful of all enemies in my opinion, If you can avoid them, DO SO. If you cannot however, my recommendation is to get them to face a bright light, which will cause the mirror to fade to a degree and allow you to get the faintest outline of thier retinas and in turn allow you to misdirect once again.
Angles - Crowd control is important. My favorite way to avoid angles is to ask the spectator to move due to the weather (too bright here, which also works indoors under bright lights or its too windy here) or go with the old, "step back, this is a very difficult process" right before the climax of the effect (pulling the bag out on indecent, etc)
Hecklers - Best way in my opinion, to beat a heckler, is to simply use a bat (haha). Sorry, all kidding aside, the best way is to simply turn the crowd against the heckler. Re adjust your routine to move one of your harder hitting, uncatchable effects (Not tremendously hard hitting, something like 2CM or Here then There) to the heckler, right near the point where he thinks he's the smartest man alive. The crowd will get a laugh out of you stumping the heckler and he will simply shut his stupid mouth (Usually, no garauntees). If that does'nt work and he is a major magic spoiler (knows all the moves and is just a jerk) then as much as I dont like saying this, but you either have to ask him nicely (A smile and "hey man, would you mind keeping these secret? I am trying to show people who want to see it as well" Or if it really comes down to it, make an excuse to leave (hungry usually works, "I'm starved so I gotta grab some lunch, thanks for watching guys and feel free to spread the name around)
Weather - I hate weather. If its hot cards stick together. If its cold your handling goes down due to cold hands. My biggest hot button though is wind. The biggest thing to do is, if its hot, riffle shuffle and bridge your deck a few times before each performance. If its cold, work on your flourishing or just fondle the deck in between performance to keep your hands warm. If its windy, (THIS IS IMPORTANT. PLEASE READ THIS) make sure the wind is either coming from your back or from your front. Not from the sides. I have had so many DL's blown apart by the wind going across the width of the cards in between them, seperating them and sending one on the ground. If your cards do seperate, blame it on the stickiness of the cards due to them being old and complain about needing to head up and to *whereever you can buy cards nearby* and see if you can swindle the cashier out of a deck of cards in a game of high card low card. (usually gets a good laugh).
Trick Decks - If someone asks to inspect an invisible deck or your svengali, if you use one) My best bet to you is simply a deck switch or a quick "I really would let you inspect it but I REALLY have to go. I am already late so stopping here would make my , boss, mom, freind etc very angry. Sorry. I swear their normal cards though." That usually works.
Custom Decks - When a layman thinks you have a trick deck because you use nothing but ghosts, vipers, guardians etc, tell them "inspect to your hearts content, its a plain deck of custom bicycles" spread it sloppily in front of them, until you reach a duplicate you may have, make a quick pass to the top. Grab the duplicate off the top via palming, and reach into your pocket to "pull out a sharpie or quarter" and ditch the dup.
Thats all for now, As I reach more enemies I shall post how to vanquish them.
Look for part 2 next month.
I'm sure this won't help any advanced people, but I made it for the beginners so if you like it let me know. Also let me know if you understand the title reference.
This is part one 1 of a 2 part thread I will be doing over the next little while. The purpose of which is to warn you about all the problems I have had while doing street routines.
The many enemies of myself in card magic and how to defeat them.
Mirrored sunglasses - The most painful of all enemies in my opinion, If you can avoid them, DO SO. If you cannot however, my recommendation is to get them to face a bright light, which will cause the mirror to fade to a degree and allow you to get the faintest outline of thier retinas and in turn allow you to misdirect once again.
Angles - Crowd control is important. My favorite way to avoid angles is to ask the spectator to move due to the weather (too bright here, which also works indoors under bright lights or its too windy here) or go with the old, "step back, this is a very difficult process" right before the climax of the effect (pulling the bag out on indecent, etc)
Hecklers - Best way in my opinion, to beat a heckler, is to simply use a bat (haha). Sorry, all kidding aside, the best way is to simply turn the crowd against the heckler. Re adjust your routine to move one of your harder hitting, uncatchable effects (Not tremendously hard hitting, something like 2CM or Here then There) to the heckler, right near the point where he thinks he's the smartest man alive. The crowd will get a laugh out of you stumping the heckler and he will simply shut his stupid mouth (Usually, no garauntees). If that does'nt work and he is a major magic spoiler (knows all the moves and is just a jerk) then as much as I dont like saying this, but you either have to ask him nicely (A smile and "hey man, would you mind keeping these secret? I am trying to show people who want to see it as well" Or if it really comes down to it, make an excuse to leave (hungry usually works, "I'm starved so I gotta grab some lunch, thanks for watching guys and feel free to spread the name around)
Weather - I hate weather. If its hot cards stick together. If its cold your handling goes down due to cold hands. My biggest hot button though is wind. The biggest thing to do is, if its hot, riffle shuffle and bridge your deck a few times before each performance. If its cold, work on your flourishing or just fondle the deck in between performance to keep your hands warm. If its windy, (THIS IS IMPORTANT. PLEASE READ THIS) make sure the wind is either coming from your back or from your front. Not from the sides. I have had so many DL's blown apart by the wind going across the width of the cards in between them, seperating them and sending one on the ground. If your cards do seperate, blame it on the stickiness of the cards due to them being old and complain about needing to head up and to *whereever you can buy cards nearby* and see if you can swindle the cashier out of a deck of cards in a game of high card low card. (usually gets a good laugh).
Trick Decks - If someone asks to inspect an invisible deck or your svengali, if you use one) My best bet to you is simply a deck switch or a quick "I really would let you inspect it but I REALLY have to go. I am already late so stopping here would make my , boss, mom, freind etc very angry. Sorry. I swear their normal cards though." That usually works.
Custom Decks - When a layman thinks you have a trick deck because you use nothing but ghosts, vipers, guardians etc, tell them "inspect to your hearts content, its a plain deck of custom bicycles" spread it sloppily in front of them, until you reach a duplicate you may have, make a quick pass to the top. Grab the duplicate off the top via palming, and reach into your pocket to "pull out a sharpie or quarter" and ditch the dup.
Thats all for now, As I reach more enemies I shall post how to vanquish them.
Look for part 2 next month.
I'm sure this won't help any advanced people, but I made it for the beginners so if you like it let me know. Also let me know if you understand the title reference.
). Most of the time, if nobody's paying attention to him (you go on and your specs enjoy your magic), well the heckler just quiets down. If nobody's on his side, he'll stop, it's that simple. If he insists, though, I might give him a hard time (why not showing you psychic powers by performing a key bending routine with his car keys ?