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time. There are many that do not. A
popular philosophy is to make the jump to
the top of the deck more difficult each
jump. First the card is inserted into the
middle and it jumps. Then the card is
shown before it is placed into the middle.
Then the spectator is allowed insert the
card into the middle themselves. Then the
card is held face up when it jumps to the
top. Again, I believe that each of these will
be seen as separate effects. The audience
will feel as if each is not the same as the
other.
My real fear is that such a plot will be
regarded as Theater Magic. Because the
audience cannot observe any method
closely, the audience could easily come to
the conclusion that the magician is simply
quick with his hands. They would feel that if
the had a chance to watch closely, they
could discern what is going on.
In my approach, each jump would appear
essentially the same. Then the audience
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will watch a second and observe that they
saw it coming but could not see anything
unusual. Yet, the magic still happened. Then,
when the jump occurs the third time in the
same way as before, there must be magic
going on because the same thing happened
without apparent cause. I believe that this
moves the effect out of Theater Magic and
toward Virtual Magic. That is, the audience
does not need to "suspend disbelief" to see
the magic in the presentation. They can
just watch and conclude that there is no
explanation.
Conclusion
Again this is my opinion. I am not saying
the other methods are wrong. In general,
these are classic thoughts and standard
approaches. They are often entertaining
and powerful. My point here is that if the
audience is given a chance to observe
several times a common action, they will
be quicker to admit to themselves they
cannot explain what is going on and cannot
simply express the idea that the guy has
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