Friday, April 17, 2009

A Handy Guide to Dealer's Speech

  • a new principle = not as good as the old principle
  • limited = better version coming out soon
  • comes with everything you need = comes with the crappy routine
  • no skill required = mechanical device, which will fail in a real performance
  • no thread, magnets, wires = the only other thing remaining. Solution by process of elimination.
  • easy to learn = hard to master
  • some skill required = Double Lift
  • patter included = crappy script, that was not funny 40 years ago when it was written
  • fool magicians = doesn't fool lay people
  • underground material = the exact opposite
  • self working = will benefit from sleight of hand
  • some experience required = poorly written instructions
  • a new effect = old
  • visual = makes no sense
  • as seen on TV = impractical
  • reputation maker = to get the reputation to be like everyone else
  • beautifully crafted = ugly
  • handmade = expensive
  • impromptu = no it's not
  • extreme magic = flourish
  • perform it under test conditions = drunk people

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