THE BLURB:
Christopher Taylor is best known for his marvelous
electronic contributions to mentalism such as Equinox, T�3,
Eclipse and The Real Ghost. Here however, he presents six
wonderful "low tech" feats of mental magic. No Batteries
Required is a mix of classic mentalism routines and the very
strange. All are easy to perform and each one as you will
clearly see, delivers great impact. Christopher performs for
real audiences on this DVD so that you can witness genuine
reactions -- there are no canned or exaggerated responses
here!
EFFECTS
Room 4
A participant journeys with you to a room she secretly
chooses in an imaginary burning building. She escapes
unharmed but you returned with a spooky souvenir. Powerful
and unconventional mental magic.
Enso
A delightful combination of the "which hand?" scenario with
the mysterious appearance of a circle on a signed business
card. Christopher teaches you to make a "which hand?"
detector that is as effective as many of the high-priced
electronic versions! Gimmick included in box.
Catalyst
A piece of simple and direct mentalism in which the
performer acts to bring out a participant's hidden
telepathic and clairvoyant abilities.
Dinner and a Movie
A powerful billet routine in which a young couple each learn
something new about how their partner thinks about them.
Christopher teaches one of the easiest billet switches and
peeks ever!
Key Effect
Christopher's much hailed Qi Coin principle applied to key
bending along with a new key-bending slight.
There and Back
A simplified version of Christopher's marketed effect. A
participant secretly chooses a destination for a psychic
journey. When they return they are holding a souvenir coin
from their chosen country, which they get to keep.
MY COMMENTS:
If you have Christopher Taylor's other DVD, OUTSIDE THE
CONVENTIONAL, then you know the type of material that is on
this DVD. It's solid thinking, but I didn't find anything
groudbreaking in terms of techniques or fresh plots. To the
experienced mentalists, many of the methods are quite
obvious and they are easy to perform. This is definitely
not a criticism, just an observation so that I can be as
informative as possible.
I've spoken to many about Christopher Taylor and his work,
which has been categorized as "Bizarre/ Mystic Mental
Magic." Some love it and others don't. This disc, which is
a bit more than half the price of his previous 2-disc set,
OUTSIDE THE CONVENTIONAL, contains six effects, as opposed
to the eight on the aforementioned first set. At least two
of these effects, Room 4 and There and Back, are updated
versions.
If you're not familiar with Christopher Taylor's work, this
is the best place to start. And, if you are familiar with
Christopher Taylor's work, then you know what you're
getting, or not getting, as the case may be.
