I’m all for magic routines that tell stories and Bruno Copin’s “The Wedding” offers an unusual card effect where the individual cards become characters in something of a play. I’m not sure that the story really goes anywhere beyond a basic boy meets girl, gets married and lives happily ever after. The technique and mechanics behind the effect are impressive, but the story telling pales in comparison.
Threading Along
Copin relies on thread to cause the cards to stand and move in the story. While the ads says that “you manipulate the cards like puppets,” the effects are mostly the animation that you see in “haunted deck” and “rising card” routines. Copin does offer some clever thread work and his method of walking around and carrying the effect from table to table is ingenious. The story feels forced, but there is a payoff at the routine’s end.The ads state that the routine can be presented in table-hopping situations. While Copin shows how to rig a close-up mat with the necessary gimmicks and effectively carry it around and set it up, he uses an enormous close-up pad. If I were to carry such a close-up pad in my restaurants, it would cover half of a table. As it stands, I’m lucky to find table space to do a chop cup routine or rest a single playing card.
Sounds of Music
In addition, Copin accompanies his performance with music and sound effects. But he doesn’t mention whether he does this in restaurants. I can’t imagine how a magician is going to carry all of this hardware. While I think that the routine requires too much setup for the majority of restaurant work, it could work in formal close-up settings.In “The Wedding,” Copin makes use of some intriguing and clever ideas and strives to tell a compelling story by using magic. This one is pricey because it comes with thread. Watch the video to see if this one might work for you.
-Wayne N. Kawamoto
MSRP: (US) $60
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