$10(2 customer ratings) ★★★★★
"Your stuff is always a fun read. I absolutely love Strangely Sympathetic. Your magic is very strong and not hard to do. It's what the doctor ordered." - John Luka
This is a feature showpiece for professional stand-up performances that you'll want to add to your show right away. Here are some features of the routine:
- It is exceptionally easy to do and requires zero sleight-of-hand.
- It "packs small, plays big."
- It is foolproof. There is nothing that can go sideways on you in the fire of real-world performance.
- The procedure looks extremely fair. There are no false moves and there is nothing to backtrack or reverse engineer.
- There are no gimmicks or tricky props. The decks are normal. The glasses are normal, inexpensive, and readily available from Amazon. Everything may be examined.
- The effect has two strong and unexpected magical revelations that mesh perfectly with the presentation.
- The presentation has a strong hook that will engage the attention of your audiences and connect with them emotionally.
EFFECT: You introduce two clear drinking glasses, one with a blue-backed deck of cards in it, the other with a red-backed deck. You share a sweet and charming story of the love between your dearly departed aunt and uncle. A woman in the audience is enlisted to assist you by calling out "stop" at any time as you simultaneously move cards from the backs of the decks to the front. When she stops you, the next cards are slowly and fairly removed from the backs of the decks to reveal that each belongs to the other deck - the card in the red deck has a blue back and the card in the blue deck has a red back! This is followed by the revelation of the two cards' identities, which is significant and amazing within the context of the story.
1st edition 2024, PDF 21 pages.
word count: 2558 which is equivalent to 10 standard pages of text
