The Fun Shop Cups and Balls

Kent, thanks for your submission. I enjoyed your emails immensely!

At the beginning of this effect, I’m not sure if it was a joke or if you actually forgot the name. You seem unsure yourself. If it’s a joke, you need to make it a little more clear to me! You also sound unsure quite a bit, with all the “ums” and such. I sounds like you are recalling your script as you are performing.

A lot of your moves don’t seem natural. When you are holding out, I can feel the guilt pouring out you. I think that if you got rid of the guilt, and somehow started to believe what you were telling me, your moves would automatically have more flow. Relax!

Your moves get ahead of your script at 0:43 to 0:59, leaving me confused and not sure if you were telling me the truth.

At around 1:47, you say that the ball vanishes with the help of the magic wand, but you didn’t ” invoke the power of the wand” until after the balls vanished. This doesn’t make sense if the wand is necessary for the moves.

I would also recommend working on your finger palm. Your right hand looks unnatural every time you have a ball in this position. You LOOK like you are holding out.

One of the more important things that I noticed was this: When the three balls appear in the middle of the stack, that’s magic, even if they fall off the cup. You sounded very apologetic, like you were telling people “what was supposed to happen, but didn’t” – DON’T DO THAT! Take credit for it. You may be looking for the pretty picture, but I think that your audience would be more amazed that there were “so many balls that they wouldn’t even stay on the cup.” Kent, if YOU believe it’s a miracle, they will.

You will always, without a doubt, project YOUR feelings to your spectators. If you are holding out and feeling guilty, you will project that guilt. If you are unsure of your script, you will project that insecurity, BUT if you are confident, and believe that you are doing magic, that is what you will broadcast.

This is a really good effect, but your insecurity makes it a little confusing. Own this miracle, without apology. Thanks again.

by the way, your stage personality is much smoother in your “Breaking the Rules” video. You are more relaxed, thus more likable.

Rating: One Light Bulb

(Ratings are arbitrary until I no longer have to work a real job!)