I posted this on the Ellusionist forums a while ago and got a lot of responses. Members here have been complaining about the lack of good threads, so I'll post the same thing here.
Well it's been said many times that children are the absolute hardest to impress. Don't get me wrong, children are no cake walk but I beLIEve that teenage boys are the hardest to perform for.
Being a teenage boy I know that we half to be the toughest, and the best. That's why almost everyone I perform for tries to ruin my effect. This rarely happens now that I've practiced audience control, (I once performed Indecent for 20 people) but they still try.
Some Examples:
I once had a guy knock the bottle out of my hand while I was performing Bullet.
During an ACR I had a guy grab the cards out of my hands to look through them.
While shuffling the cards during a card effect (I think it was the Biddle Trick, but I don't remember) a spectator (teen boy) knocked the cards out of my hands.
Those were only a few.
Some might say that the reason for this is because I'm presenting my magic as a challenge.
Let me put down this argument before it starts. Yesterday I asked a guy on my baseball team if he wanted to see a trick (not in those words.) The first thing he said was, "Alright, I'll figure out how you do it." Nuff said.
Well it's been said many times that children are the absolute hardest to impress. Don't get me wrong, children are no cake walk but I beLIEve that teenage boys are the hardest to perform for.
Being a teenage boy I know that we half to be the toughest, and the best. That's why almost everyone I perform for tries to ruin my effect. This rarely happens now that I've practiced audience control, (I once performed Indecent for 20 people) but they still try.
Some Examples:
I once had a guy knock the bottle out of my hand while I was performing Bullet.
During an ACR I had a guy grab the cards out of my hands to look through them.
While shuffling the cards during a card effect (I think it was the Biddle Trick, but I don't remember) a spectator (teen boy) knocked the cards out of my hands.
Those were only a few.
Some might say that the reason for this is because I'm presenting my magic as a challenge.
Let me put down this argument before it starts. Yesterday I asked a guy on my baseball team if he wanted to see a trick (not in those words.) The first thing he said was, "Alright, I'll figure out how you do it." Nuff said.