Can you give an example or share a secret to a trick? I recently saw Shin Lim live, having excellent seats, taped a few of his tricks and replayed them frame by frame and could not figure out a thing… Completely fascinated and perplexed
Shin is probably the Shohei Ohtani of this generation of Magicians.
(Yes, yes I went there LOL) Compared with him, I'm a very, very light hitting 1st baseman beer league softball player. It's not like I ever even performed. It was a hobby 4 decades ago that:
I have enough memory, dexterity & guile
to amuse family & friends once in a while.
So...No. Explaining most of what he does would barely be more than a slightly educated guess.
One very simple way to try to "catch" the "turn"..of an Ordinary Magician. You know the childrens party variety or say Colin Cleod
Is that when the magician is Talking....Don't look at their face. We have a tendency that when someone is talking we naturally look at their face. That's Exactly when you should be looking at their hands. Also don't simply listen to what is being said. The verbal mis directions are not just meant to divert you from the action but also to use the power of suggestion over you as well.
kind of like this riddle.
Read this quickly & don’t go back to re -read. Remember it is being spoken with inflection & tone:
3 Salesman are traveling the countryside and end their day by looking for a cheap motel to share a room.
They see a place that advertises a vacancy. As they approach, they note a Sign that Reads
$30 per night! .. Perfect $30 per night is Easily split 3 ways.
They enter go to the front desk and
each give $10.
Head up to the room happy that they’ve found a place to rest and got
such a good bargain at only $30
About ½ an hour later or so the desk manager realizes that it was Tuesday Night and the have a Tuesday night special rate of 25. Hands a Bellhop 5 singles to bring back to the gentlemen.
Upon the knock at the door the bellhop presents it to one of the salesmen. The salesman surmises that he can’t equally split the 5 so he gives the bellhop
a $2 tip and gives his partners
$1 each. So at the end of the day my query is this.
If they Originally paid $10 each to = $30 then got a $1 back. It means they each paid $9
9x3=$27 plus the $2 they gave the bellhop = $29 …….What Happened to the other Dollar??
Have Fun.(yes I know some of you probably have heard of it, but don't ruin it for the rest)
And then after you figure it out, practice saying it. Use it on adults and children alike. You'll be surprised when you find that the children have a higher % chance of getting it over the adults.