Incredible! Like real magic. Even when you know exactly what he’s doing, it still fools your eye.

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Nice, and short! I liked this one!

Rating: One Light Bulb

(Arbitrary…)

I’m going to be nice, because you said that this wasn’t ready for performance yet! There is a lot of tension in your arms when you are classic palming. None of your moves seem relaxed and natural. You obviously understand the “routine” part of the effect, so your next step is to make everything smoother. Get rid of the tension.

Let me put it this way: You are making all these strange movements, and they take away from the effect. It SHOULD look like you are doing NOTHING, and magic is still happening. Also, a script would be nice. Keep working on it, and thanks for posting it!

Rating: One Milk. But it’s empty, so that’s a good thing.

(Ratings are arbitrary, based on nothing, which is what arbitrary means…)

I like this video. It’s entertaining to watch and humorous. Unfortunately it’ is mostly perceived skill, not magic. The only magic that he does is the vanish of five coins, and it is one of the worst coin vanishes I’ve seen lately. It’s not natural. The palm looks very bad, and everybody watching, magician and layman alike, all know exactly what happened; nobody was fooled. The applause here is polite. “BUT MATT,” you say to me in surprise, “Vanishing FIVE half dollars is really hard! You couldn’t do it!” And I answer you by saying that if my vanish looked that bad, then it’s not magic, and I WOULDN’T do it. ‘Nuff said.

Rating: A Milk, and some Eighth notes, for providing his own soundtrack.

(Ratings are completely arbitrary. especially when it’s nice weather.)

Okay, here we go… This was really nice to see. Just an old magic trick done properly. No scripted presentation, but still entertaining to watch. With the 70′s porn music playing in the background, I expected this to go in a whole different direction. Thankfully, it was simply magic.

Rating: One Light Bulb. Good magic, no presentation, but fast and enjoyable.

(Ratings are arbitrary, based on bom-chicka-wah-wah)

We’ve all been shown up!

Let’s watch and learn.

Clarity of Effect: She makes the coin disappear, then she makes it reappear. Simple, perfect. 10 points.

Perfection of Script: She only says the words she needs to say. Nothing more, nothing less. 10 pts

Commitment to the Presentation: Pssssshhhhhhh! Need I say more? That’s COMMITMENT. She really looked like she was putting forth some magical effort. 10 pts

Commitment to the Character: She put on clothes that even Hermione would feel at home in. The wand has a star on it. Nice. 10 pts

Audience Reaction: She really knows how to work the crowd. 10 pts

Out of the mouths of babes… Truly, Tia, a wonderful job. Thank you for the video.

x 7

Rating: A Light Bulb (times seven!)

(Do these ratings seem arbitrary to you?)

This was beautiful. Art as it should be portrayed. I’m not really big on the idea of simply telling people what you are doing as you are doing it. But in this case, it’s almost necessary to the effect.

Rating: Four Light Bulbs. And no jokes. (a high rating indeed!)

(Rating system is completely arbitrary, depending upon how much fiber I’ve had.)