THIS IS A TASTE OF ONLY THE FIRST FEW CHAPTERS OF THIS BOOK, I WILL NOT REVIEW THE ENTIRE BOOK.
and im only in the introduction so far
Introduction
This is where....*fan fare* David introduces the book and himself. He says what this book is about and why he wrote the book. He warns you that he writes with passion, and the introduction shows it. The introduction starts out with david stone's comedy, which turns out, is very funny for a frenchman. (KIDDING) He hooks you right away, explaing the difference between close-up and table hopping, this opened my eyes and i realized, yeah, there is a big difference. He explains also that this book may be filled with obivous advice, but even though its OBVIOUS, many of us DO forget it.
-OVERALL 9/10 for great opening, funny, and comes with a hook that made me want to read
Chapter One: Getting Back to Basics
Here is where davd talks about the history of magic in a few pages. These are based on actual facts but david throws in numerous jokes about the history which left me in stitches, very funny commentary. In this section youll learn a thing or 2 or 20 about the history of our fine art. very interesting read.
OVERALL 10/10 for hilarious commentary and jokes to go along with the history of magic.
Chapter Two: The Magic Artist
In this section David starts out by explaining to him what makes a proffesional magician and what an ameteur is. It was a very interesting read for the beggining of this chapter. He brings up several points on the differences and what makes someone which. He then talks about the difference between the magic artist and the magician. These are very good points and opened my eyes to the differences between the two. He does this very well and explains very clearly what he thinks the differences are. He then goes into detail on what he thinks the magic artist should have. These are very good and CAN'T be argued since all of the traits he lists are ALL positive and are only beneficial to the magic artist. He also explains what a magician is like opposed to the magic artist, what one will do and what the other would do.
He then goes on for a few pages talking about finding your "character." What he says about finsing youre character is very true and should be studied and more importantly APPLIED. Connected with this is being remembered. He connects your character to being remembered by youre audience. He says, "The audience will go away saying to their friends, " last night i met X and he did some incredible magic." opposed to " i saw a great magician last night." He explains more on how to get the first reaction. He also talks about finding youre style. To find out what your character and what youre style is going to be. He ends this chapter talking a little bit about integrating comedy into youre magic.
OVERALL 9/10 for explaing how to find out what works for you and how important presentaiton and style are in the art of Close-up Magic
Chapter Three: Working Conditions
Here David talks about the problems you can encounter at either a restraunt or private parties. He also talks about what kind of Close-up magic venues there are, table hoppng and strolling magic. Some of the obstacles he addresses are noise, interruptions, and time. He not only gives examples of each obstacle and what they may be, he also adresses how to deal with them so they work out fine and don't mess up youre performance.
OVERALL 9/10 for invaluable advice on dealing with interruptions
OK, heres my scores.
Writing Style- 9, superb, he keeps you entertained through out the book and the book is almost never boring to read.
Humor- 10, I LOVED the jokes in this book, i thought most of them were funny as hell
Information- 10, The information in here is good and solid. He says up front how the information may not work for you, but it works for him. This is true with MOST magic information, it comes down to the performer and the situation. A lot of this is common sense, BUT, most common sense is actually looked over and not taken into consideration when performing. The information in here is GREAT though
Indepth-iness- 9, with pretty much all of his chapter he goes very indepth. He doesnt really leave any rock unturned.
OVERALL- 10, This book is great and covers MUCH more than restraunt work, it's one of the field guides to magic. The book is more about close-up work in general than restruant work.
and im only in the introduction so far
Introduction
This is where....*fan fare* David introduces the book and himself. He says what this book is about and why he wrote the book. He warns you that he writes with passion, and the introduction shows it. The introduction starts out with david stone's comedy, which turns out, is very funny for a frenchman. (KIDDING) He hooks you right away, explaing the difference between close-up and table hopping, this opened my eyes and i realized, yeah, there is a big difference. He explains also that this book may be filled with obivous advice, but even though its OBVIOUS, many of us DO forget it.
-OVERALL 9/10 for great opening, funny, and comes with a hook that made me want to read
Chapter One: Getting Back to Basics
Here is where davd talks about the history of magic in a few pages. These are based on actual facts but david throws in numerous jokes about the history which left me in stitches, very funny commentary. In this section youll learn a thing or 2 or 20 about the history of our fine art. very interesting read.
OVERALL 10/10 for hilarious commentary and jokes to go along with the history of magic.
Chapter Two: The Magic Artist
In this section David starts out by explaining to him what makes a proffesional magician and what an ameteur is. It was a very interesting read for the beggining of this chapter. He brings up several points on the differences and what makes someone which. He then talks about the difference between the magic artist and the magician. These are very good points and opened my eyes to the differences between the two. He does this very well and explains very clearly what he thinks the differences are. He then goes into detail on what he thinks the magic artist should have. These are very good and CAN'T be argued since all of the traits he lists are ALL positive and are only beneficial to the magic artist. He also explains what a magician is like opposed to the magic artist, what one will do and what the other would do.
He then goes on for a few pages talking about finding your "character." What he says about finsing youre character is very true and should be studied and more importantly APPLIED. Connected with this is being remembered. He connects your character to being remembered by youre audience. He says, "The audience will go away saying to their friends, " last night i met X and he did some incredible magic." opposed to " i saw a great magician last night." He explains more on how to get the first reaction. He also talks about finding youre style. To find out what your character and what youre style is going to be. He ends this chapter talking a little bit about integrating comedy into youre magic.
OVERALL 9/10 for explaing how to find out what works for you and how important presentaiton and style are in the art of Close-up Magic
Chapter Three: Working Conditions
Here David talks about the problems you can encounter at either a restraunt or private parties. He also talks about what kind of Close-up magic venues there are, table hoppng and strolling magic. Some of the obstacles he addresses are noise, interruptions, and time. He not only gives examples of each obstacle and what they may be, he also adresses how to deal with them so they work out fine and don't mess up youre performance.
OVERALL 9/10 for invaluable advice on dealing with interruptions
OK, heres my scores.
Writing Style- 9, superb, he keeps you entertained through out the book and the book is almost never boring to read.
Humor- 10, I LOVED the jokes in this book, i thought most of them were funny as hell
Information- 10, The information in here is good and solid. He says up front how the information may not work for you, but it works for him. This is true with MOST magic information, it comes down to the performer and the situation. A lot of this is common sense, BUT, most common sense is actually looked over and not taken into consideration when performing. The information in here is GREAT though
Indepth-iness- 9, with pretty much all of his chapter he goes very indepth. He doesnt really leave any rock unturned.
OVERALL- 10, This book is great and covers MUCH more than restraunt work, it's one of the field guides to magic. The book is more about close-up work in general than restruant work.
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