In the Bag
Using another magic prop, Tong offers a short and fast Chop Cup routine. I like the way that Tong minimizes the usual “Chop Cup” handling and exploits the strengths of the prop into a logical routine that’s smooth and mystifying and de-emphasizes the cup. I prefer Tong’s routine over the traditional Don Alan routine that many perform.
On the Line
Thompson’s Aces is a fast production of four aces that provides a solid lead for the Christopher’s Red and Black Aces transposition effect. From a shuffled deck, you quickly produce the four aces, one at a time, while cutting the cards. This one is easy to setup and is flashy and fast.
The follow-up effect that uses the four aces is "Christopher’s Red and Black Aces" (Daley’s Last Trick), a transposition routine where the red and black aces change places. It’s a good close-up card set that doesn’t require spectators to select a card.
On the Ropes
In a Name
The final effect, Jack, is a close-up card trick that involves names. A spectator mentally selects a card that he sees in a pack of cards. The magician asks if the spectator selected “Jack.” When the spectator says “no,” the magician asks the spectator to name his card, which is removed from the pack.
After that, the magician shows that the cards have different names written on their backs and when the spectator’s card is turned over, “Jack” is indeed written on the back. To perform this one, you’ll have to dedicate a deck to the effect and the cards cannot be examined by spectators afterwards.
On this DVD, Dan Tong presents some polished and baffling worker effects that are excellent additions to any performer’s repertoire. He also offers first rate explanations that are easy to follow and presents background on the evolution of his routines.
This one is definitely worth the look.
-Wayne N. Kawamoto
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MSRP: (US) $35
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