Between The Lines

THE BLURB:
Magicbox is please to anounce the release of a revolutionary
new Mentalism routine. It has long been said that the
strongest effects are those which happen in the hands of the
spectator, what if the effect could take place in the
spectators mind? Between the Lines combines some
revolutionary thinking with a classic mentalism effect to
create one of the most powerful routines available to date!

Imagine handing a spectator a torn page from a random book,
you then ask them to imagine a fictitious scene in their
mind building it up piece by piece. The spectator is then
instructed to read the page, which has been in their
possession throughout. Imagine their reaction as it dawns on
them that the printed page accurately describes the scene
they had created in their mind moments earlier.

Best of all there are several extra subtleties hidden with
in the text! Could this be genuine mind reading, could this
be psychometry? To find out you will have to read Between
the Lines.

Comes complete with everything you need to perform this
amazing mentalism effect including an 18 page
photo-illustrated instruction booklet.

MY COMMENTS:
This is certainly one of the more intriguing premises I've
seen in quite some time. For those who are fans of Kenton
Knepper and psychological manipulation, this is right up
your alley. And, essentially, that's what's going on here.
You are subtly getting the participant to imagine a very
specific scene. Obviously, the script is everything. But
the performer must be "on his feet" to make tweaks depending
on the responses. The result though is a successfully and
devastatingly powerful routine.

I caution that the performer using this must be an
experienced performer with the confidence to be able to pull
this off. If you are a novice performer of mentalism
effects, I'd buy this for curiousity now, but not even
attempt it until after you've performed mentalism for a
reasonable amount of time. One has to be able to quickly
and confidently change directions without tipping this skill
to the audience/participants due to hesitation, gestures,
and other giveaway signs that experienced mentalists know to
avoid. Also, one has to be able to accurately read and
control participants to sell this and not make it come off
as a boring exercise in guessing.

I really am trying to stress that this is NOT for a
performer new to mentalism and I don't recommend it if this
describes you presently. If you are, and you get this,
don't try it right away. You'll get results that will not
be as successful as it could be. For experienced
mentalists, though, this is a wonderful new effect that has
lots of possibilities and is highly recommended. You get a
17 page 5.5" x 8.5" booklet with two copies of the yellowed
page that you hand to participants.