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4.23.2006

Everything In Red Is A Lie

My 1/2 hour show at LASU went really well. The show started right on time, there was a large, receptive audience, and they were really there for some well-conceived and artistic entertainment. My performance was spot on, and I had the audience on my side the whole time. If you've never seen a magic or mentalism show before, that was the place you wanted to be.

Well, I'll admit it wasn't all roses. There were a couple of spots that needed some finesse. But to go over the routines one by one:

  • Opening, "Candy": This worked perfectly. Not only did the suggestive techniques perform like a charm, but the all the hard work and money that went into sorting 4,018 M&Ms by color really paid off.
  • The Check Game: I know this is blatantly stolen from Derren Brown's stage show, but I really love performing it and I'm getting pretty good at it. You know, its a lot of money to put on the line for a mentalism show, but since I have a steady flow of income and due to the fact that it works almost every time, I think its completley worth it. Also, the audience members at LASU Gigante were just so respectful, understanding, and wonderful about following instructions and playing along. They really gave me their full, undivided attention, and I had no need to change my whole performance or repeat the simple instructions of "Pick one envelope" 1,000 times.
  • Desire Duplication: This is just a great routine by a master mentalist known as Max Maven. It's never failed me, and I doubt it ever will. The touches G and I have added to it really do add something, I think, and its probably the thing I'm most proud of in the show. Once again, the LASU audience was fantastic about listening to what I said.
  • Bottle: This routine involves me putting myself in actual, great danger. I could be severely hurt performing this routine. That's why I ask for complete silence during the final stages of its performance. The LASU did not let me down. Oh, and using paper bags to hide the broken bottle was a great idea.
So basically, that was the show in a nutshell. I was very happy with the show, and would love to perform for LASU again. If I could just digress a little, I want to talk briefly about one of the great social contributions LASU makes to Binghamton University, nay, the world. They really are doing their best to dispel the stereotype of the dirty, undereducated Latino. This is an important thing in our culture. These people are unjustly and unfairly viewed as a lesser form of being, and while I know for fact that this is untrue, anyone who felt otherwise would only have to go to an LASU function, and they would see for themselves how wrong they were.

Three cheers for LASU, I look forward to working with you again.
:: posted by Bingmagi, 11:34 AM

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