Heckler as rainbow sprinkles
As he tugged onto the rope apparently snipped into half earlier, showing a restored rope, my eyes widened and pupils dilated – a gush of disbelieve rushed through me. Then he tugged on it again, this time showing two pieces of rope on this hands, I immediately have respect for this man.
No, Terry is not the magician. I mean he is, but here he is the audience picked by an almost unlucky magician. There the magician was trying to show a cut and restored routine, where he seemly snip a rope in half and restore it. To show his prowess, the only way was to pick an audience who can’t do the same. The only problem here was that this particular audience is perfectly capable of performing the same trick.
Showing his nervousness and anxiety, the performer, as well as everyone in the sitting, was stunned that split second Terry showed a piece of intact rope. For that brevity of moment, all the focus was on Terry. Thousands of thoughts was rushing through everyone’s mind. Then suddenly he pull the ropes again to show that indeed the rope has been snipped into two separate halves. Releasing all the tension built up in that split second, the applause from the sitting was seemly for this spectator instead of the magician. For adding rainbow sprinkles on chocolate chip ice cream, he deserve mine.
This got me thinking. What was it that allows the applause to be so spontaneous? It was due to the nervousness built up in that split second. Many magicians that night tried to build this tension, yet achieving only marked awkwardness. They were taught traditionally to incorporate faux failures into their routines, and they usually do. Yet there seemed to be something lacking something there. Yes, it was credibility. Here is a food for thought for magicians. How do you make the spectator to believe that magic did happen momentarily? How will you build up the expectation, turn it into tension, and then release all of that in that magical moment?