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Published on: 1/1/1999
Last Visited: 12/10/2008
Spin Doctor - by John Bannon
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Spin Doctor - by John Bannon
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Anyway John worked A LOT on the effect to let it look SO fluid: in some place the Counts are sleightly varied just to get the correct "innocent" flow of moves.
Not to mention a "discrepancy" that is really genial; not only it fooled me badly during the trick, but when I saw its explanation I laughed (and John previewed even this on the PDF!).
The idea of using a fifth more-or-less hidden card in a '4 cards twisting' effect is not new, of course.
The news are that John found a clever and logical way to put it into active play so the card not only became part of the various misteries of this trick, but helps in the end to show ALL the remaining cards to the perplexed spectators: yep, you don't need to hide, palm, cop or "vanish" anything.
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John changed the handling ... of the spectator (!) a little so the whole effect becames even MORE magical to the lay-onlooker's eyes.
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On the other hand, John is a terrific Magician ... I'm sure He's already working on this