Luke Jermay
THE THREE TYPES
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THE BLURB:
Luke Jermay has performed his Questions & Answers routine
throughout the world, including a two-year run on the Las
Vegas Strip. "The Three Types" is the result of years of
experimentation to create a powerful Q&A routine that could
be performed in any environment with very little setup.
The most important aspect of "The Three Types," though, is
not it's practicality, but the clever concept of "invisible
billets" that lies beneath it. With a topical presentation
surrounding personality tests (as made popular by websites
and magazines), Luke has discovered techniques to reveal
information that could apparently have never come from the
brief information that the participants provide.
"The Three Types" is a triumph of careful routining and
presentation, clever construction and classical methodology.
Whether you've never performed a Q&A routine before or are
looking for a contemporary, practical presentation for an
existing routine, this complete ten-minute act is for you.
"Luke Jermay is one of the most creative performers I have
ever met."
- Teller
"Luke blows my mind with an amazing idea; an idea that
really does make the billets truly invisible. It's almost a
complete act that enables you to stand on stage and appear
simply to read people's thoughts... All of this comes with a
compelling presentation, engaging plot and a strong
theatrical structure. What more could you want?"
- Marc Paul, from the foreword
"Be glad Jermay uses his mental powers for good!"
- The Las Vegas Review Journal
Pages: 50 - 9" x 6"- Softcover - Perfect bound - with
ilustrations.
MY COMMENTS:
Luke Jermay is one of mentalism's bold and creative thinkers
and this routine certainly is an example of that. The
blurb, however, is somewhat misleading. Though Luke did
perform a Q&A routine in Las Vegas, this routine is a
separate one he created to perform in different settings
other than his theatrical setting. Luke states in the book
that he actually prefers the routine he does in his
theatrical show, but when he's asked to do a similar routine
in other settings, this is his solution.
In the introduction, Luke explains the conditions that he
set forth when creating this routine. They are:
The routine must be self-contained.
It must be a one-man routine.
The routine must be real in nature and not contain any
pre-show work.
The routine must not be of a supernatural or new age theme.
It must be possible to prepare the routine in front of the
audience.
The billets must be justified.
Needless to say, this routine accomplishes all of these
conditions. Most notably, the framework for the routine is
a psychological profile test. It begins by involving the
entire audience and then focuses on individual members of
the audience as the performer picks up more specific data.
Docc Hilford, in his QUESTA manuscript, wrote that a good
Q&A routine must use more than one method so that
backtracking would be difficult for the layman. THE THREE
TYPES uses three different phases and there are different
methods at work here, none of them new, but definitely in a
new combination.
The package includes the fifty page book and some sample
papers that are distributed. The book provides a website
link so that you can download the PDF of these papers so
that you have them printed out whenever you need them.
This Q&A routine is certainly suitable for any experienced
mentalist, especially one looking to start out in developing
a solid Q&A routine. I would not, however, recommend this
to those who are beginning mentalists. A Q&A routine such
as this, despite it being technically easy to perform, does
require audience management skills and basic mentalism
techniques that can be acquired by through the experience of
performing other routines.
There is no question that the right Q&A depends on both
persona, taste, and environment. Many mentalists (including
Jermay, as explained above) have more than one Q&A routine.
Though the principles of this one are not new, it is a solid
routine well worth checking out if you do Q&A routines.
Luke Jermay has performed his Questions & Answers routine
throughout the world, including a two-year run on the Las
Vegas Strip. "The Three Types" is the result of years of
experimentation to create a powerful Q&A routine that could
be performed in any environment with very little setup.
The most important aspect of "The Three Types," though, is
not it's practicality, but the clever concept of "invisible
billets" that lies beneath it. With a topical presentation
surrounding personality tests (as made popular by websites
and magazines), Luke has discovered techniques to reveal
information that could apparently have never come from the
brief information that the participants provide.
"The Three Types" is a triumph of careful routining and
presentation, clever construction and classical methodology.
Whether you've never performed a Q&A routine before or are
looking for a contemporary, practical presentation for an
existing routine, this complete ten-minute act is for you.
"Luke Jermay is one of the most creative performers I have
ever met."
- Teller
"Luke blows my mind with an amazing idea; an idea that
really does make the billets truly invisible. It's almost a
complete act that enables you to stand on stage and appear
simply to read people's thoughts... All of this comes with a
compelling presentation, engaging plot and a strong
theatrical structure. What more could you want?"
- Marc Paul, from the foreword
"Be glad Jermay uses his mental powers for good!"
- The Las Vegas Review Journal
Pages: 50 - 9" x 6"- Softcover - Perfect bound - with
ilustrations.
MY COMMENTS:
Luke Jermay is one of mentalism's bold and creative thinkers
and this routine certainly is an example of that. The
blurb, however, is somewhat misleading. Though Luke did
perform a Q&A routine in Las Vegas, this routine is a
separate one he created to perform in different settings
other than his theatrical setting. Luke states in the book
that he actually prefers the routine he does in his
theatrical show, but when he's asked to do a similar routine
in other settings, this is his solution.
In the introduction, Luke explains the conditions that he
set forth when creating this routine. They are:
The routine must be self-contained.
It must be a one-man routine.
The routine must be real in nature and not contain any
pre-show work.
The routine must not be of a supernatural or new age theme.
It must be possible to prepare the routine in front of the
audience.
The billets must be justified.
Needless to say, this routine accomplishes all of these
conditions. Most notably, the framework for the routine is
a psychological profile test. It begins by involving the
entire audience and then focuses on individual members of
the audience as the performer picks up more specific data.
Docc Hilford, in his QUESTA manuscript, wrote that a good
Q&A routine must use more than one method so that
backtracking would be difficult for the layman. THE THREE
TYPES uses three different phases and there are different
methods at work here, none of them new, but definitely in a
new combination.
The package includes the fifty page book and some sample
papers that are distributed. The book provides a website
link so that you can download the PDF of these papers so
that you have them printed out whenever you need them.
This Q&A routine is certainly suitable for any experienced
mentalist, especially one looking to start out in developing
a solid Q&A routine. I would not, however, recommend this
to those who are beginning mentalists. A Q&A routine such
as this, despite it being technically easy to perform, does
require audience management skills and basic mentalism
techniques that can be acquired by through the experience of
performing other routines.
There is no question that the right Q&A depends on both
persona, taste, and environment. Many mentalists (including
Jermay, as explained above) have more than one Q&A routine.
Though the principles of this one are not new, it is a solid
routine well worth checking out if you do Q&A routines.
