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I've been reading this thread recently and, as the original reviewer, felt that I had given a 'bad' review - as in a 'wrong' review. Maybe I got carried away and heaped praise where it wasn't due...

However, I perfomed this again at the weekend and it went down an absolute storm - I had just performed 'White Star' which went down fantastically well and I was all set to leave the table when they asked for 'just one more...'.

So, I pulled this out of my pocket and went through it. It absolutely slayed them into stunned silence. I agree with Rob - it absolutely is all down to your story and presentation. I must confess that I've hardly performed this effect at all since I bought it (maybe half a dozen times in total, give or take) but maybe that's why I like it as much as I do...

Is it an effect you'll use every day? No. Is it something you can just drop into? No. Is the method ridiculously simple? Yes. Won't the method be spotted? Only if your story doesn't do its job and take the spectators on the journey you want them to take. I can only offer my opinion - which is that it has delivered the goods for me every time I've performed it...

Upon reflection, I don't think I gave a 'bad' review - I stand by everything I said!!

No worries. That's the good thing about this website - no opinions are wrong.

I believe it was horrendously overpriced still, however

I get this routine and I share same conclusions with some people here.
Originally I bought "Till death do us part" mainly because I was amazed by "White Star". The result was not the one I expected and this is obviously one of the most deceptive routine I bought for my mentalist toolbox.

Some reason to explain my feeling :
- Nothing new in the approach and the routine wich make me think of "whats ? thats all ?".
- Not convinced by the video demonstration.
- A trick wich is overpriced for what it gaves you.

I thank Jim Critchlow for "White star", and I can only say "I don't understand" if I compare this jewel to "Till death do us part".
I'm sure it can give some good results, as can every single trick if performed by the good person, at the good moment and with the good spectator. But franckly I haven't been amazed and if I could go back in time, I'm not sure I will make this acquisition.

Regards.
Cryder.

I performed this on halloween for a group of friends.
I did it with the photos face down and handed the girl a simple gold wedding band.
I had her hover her hand over the photos and stop where she wanted.
She stopped directly above the GOOD photo so I had her drop the ring there.

At the end of the effect she said the ring seemed to feel heavier over that photo.

Her husband wanted to check that the ring wasn't magnetic and I'd somehow attracted it to the correct picture.

In conclusion; I like this a lot.


Steve

steveline wrote:Her husband wanted to check that the ring wasn't magnetic and I'd somehow attracted it to the correct picture.

Worth considering - using a ferrous metal for the ring...

This needs to be performed on the right type of person, by the right type of performer.
Like white star it will work best on someone who enjoys ghost story's, unlike white star, without that element it doesn't really stand up as a trick on it's own. But when you've found the right type of spectator, in the correct setting, they create some amazing reactions.

You really need to judge the spectator first, because if they don't get hooked into the story, they will find it weak. But if this trick fits your performance style, its worth the money in my opinion.

I've been performing this a lot, and I like it, but I'd agree that the effect just won't be right for a lot of people.

The DVD and 'story' that comes with the photographs is incredibly weak. The performers lack any real engagement with clearly bored and confused audience members, and, a lot of the time, they don't even follow their own guidelines for performance. They say on the DVD that most people will find the Performance section most useful, and this may well be true, as long as they use it to work out how NOT to perform Till Death Do Us Part.

The story, as provided, is a weakness. As people here have pointed out, it's not really a story at all, just a suggestive couple of lines that lack any real drama or reason behind them.

However, neither of those things has made the effect less workable for me. In fact, the deficiencies in the method and story, and the fact that it was clearly weaker than I had expected when buying the effect, forced me to put a lot of work into my own story and presentation, and it's all the better for it. I was expecting a haunting tale that would have a real reason for tearing the photographs, and having the photographs and the effective bits of the method helped me to create the effect I had in my head.

As a result, it's a part of my routine that people remember and ask me about.

I may have been lucky so far, in that the element of a psychological force has worked every time. This has really heightened the impact of the reveal. If you're forced down the other route, I'm not sure what that would do to the power of the ending.