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Joe Diamond |
They should have given him his coins...Maybe
This card DVD certainly has some good ideas, but the performances are less than stellar. In performance, Craig tells bad jokes for no reason, explains every action, and admits to his audience’s lack of enthusiasm. This isn’t someone you should model your performances after. Don’t get me wrong, Craig seems like a nice guy who definitely has some usable ideas. Just please don’t borrow his weak comedy lines, or use the long winded presentations. The graphics and look of the DVD are pretty good. I’m not blown away at the quality of this one, but it’s definitely not the lowest quality magic DVD I’ve ever seen.
As for the actual material, you will certainly get some decent ideas. You will learn routines that can be done without a table in walk around gigs, and you may pick up some elements from these routines that you can incorporate into your existing work.
One routine teaches you how to load three signed cards on a spectator: One in their breast pocket, one under their watch, and one in their shoe. Two routines conclude with the production of a solid eight ball, no Chop Cup required. Photogenic uses a blank deck and is pretty surprising for lay audiences. Many of the effects start with a shuffled deck, so you will have no problems adding them to your set since they are so practical.
All the routines are well explained, and well credited. They’ve done their research, and deserve major points for taking the effort to make sure they included all the information they could. Few DVDs take the effort to do this, and they deserve respect for honoring their sources.
Long story short: If you like cards tricks, collect routines, or work doing strolling magic, you will probably find something you will use on this disk. The price is fair for a fair product. |
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