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mark lewis wrote:I haven't seen this DVD so I cannot comment one way or the other about it.
There is no need to hold back Mark. Your insight into these things is priceless to this forum and always highly enjoyable.mark lewis wrote:However mention of the classic force tempts me to yap on and on about it. I shall try to control this compulsion and for all I know the things I want to say may well be covered by Mr Green on his tape anyway.
Your measures are a little extreme but I guess you will then be able to rest assure that they will never practice such blasphemy again and others will be deterred from daring to try it.mark lewis wrote:And as for performers that use the pass to get the card into position they should be hung, drawn and quartered.
(which was half written by an Australian if my memory serves me correctly).mark lewis wrote:No. I am MARK LEWIS and whatever I say on these matters must be gospel. Shuffling before the force looks much better and the method for doing so is explained in the Royal Road to Card Magic
It’s exactly the way Paul Green likes to do it.mark lewis wrote:I also recommend placing the card above the break rather than below it.
Now, why doesn’t it surprise me that you can’t resist from doing that !mark lewis wrote: With regard to excessive forcing this is indeed dangerous procedure as is forcing a card on someone and naming it saying something like "you won't forget that 6 of spades will you?"... However I confess that I do not practice what I preach here and I recommend that you do as I say not what I do.
Don't be too concerned Bobby, it's not coming from you! I think Sir Lewis has Hypnotized everybody on this forum into thinking that he is a very knowledgable and loveable kind of guy !B0bbY_CaT wrote:Costas, can you also add something about the DVD in terms of what Mark has raised. please do it quickly because agreeing with him is making me a little edgy...
mark lewis wrote:
With regard to excessive forcing this is indeed dangerous procedure as is forcing a card on someone and naming it saying something like "you won't forget that 6 of spades will you?"... However I confess that I do not practice what I preach here and I recommend that you do as I say not what I do.
Costas wrote: Now, why doesn’t it surprise me that you can’t resist from doing that !
costas wrote:I strongly believe at times that many magicians like to push their limits regardless of the end effect that will be achieved but in order to satisfy their own need as a skilled performer. Isn’t this one of the reasons some magicians avoid using gimmicks including the ID, even though it obviously packs one of the most devastating blows to a spectator.
Mark Lewis wrote: If a method requires sleight of hand then I will use it. If it doesn't I won't.
Mark Lewis wrote: I am always amused at how the hot shot sleight of hand artists are usually very bad at 3 basic sleights. Palming, classic forcing and the top change. This is because all the 3 moves require a certain amount of sang-froid and daring. Introverted sleight of hand finger flingers aren't too much on sang-froid and daring I am afraid.
Mark Lewis wrote: I personally have invented a method of spreading the cards in a long row on the table FACE UPWARDS and asking a person to think of one. I instantly know what it is and reveal it later in some surprising way. This however is not technically a force because I have no idea what card they are going to think of until they actually think of it.
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