Penn & Teller Fool Us 25th June
I have been looking forward to this all week, Prime Time Magic and of course realising that Penn & Teller wouldn’t disappoint.
Tonight we saw…
Mark Shortland
“A trick relying solely on chance’ or so the pre-show trailer suggested and in it Mark didn’t actually come across as well as he could have done – BUT – in performance his quirky approach and engaging, and somewhat manic sense of humor won everyone over. The fun take and super routine and a fun take on the just chance format was great.
Loved the act.
Mattieu Bich
Beautiful effect and all the magicians will be questioning the “Which one do you want?” approach – superb. He fooled Penn & Teller and for what it’s worth me too. Loved this guys style and ‘predicted’ kicker finish.
You can be sure I’m going to look out for him in the future!
Young and Strange
Liked the fun chemistry between these two guys and they presented a superb illusion. Method aside the effect and delivery of the routine was spot on and these guys stage presence drew much praise from the Maestros – deservedly so. These guys deserve the breaks!
So it won’t fool informed magicians BUT it will entertain an audience and that is what it is all about!
Daniel Madison
‘Card cheating’ was his ‘announced’ passion in the pre-filmed trailer and the ‘theme’ of his effect was a recreation of a blindfold deal from a borrowed, shuffled deck of cards. High praise from Penn and Teller for the guys technique, and sure it all looked as it should – a fair deal. I guess the issue for me here is about the balance between technique, impact (awe and wonder) and entertainment (audience engagement).
I really appreciate and acknowledge this guys skill however.
Penn & Tellers bit!
Great to see their card stab routine again – lots of fun, quirky, totally entertaining and intelligent…
Another Saturday night nugget of gold amongst the so-so programming….
