Behold! “The Working Professional’s Chop Cup by Jim Sisti” – a routine refined over years! No spectator is fooled, just pure magic. Tamariz-inspired color change confounds all! 7 pages of secrets await!”
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The Working Professional’s Chop Cup by Jim Sisti
Discover the ultimate Chop Cup routine designed for the discerning magician. Developed by Jim Sisti, this routine has been refined over years of performances to ensure maximum impact and engagement. Unlike traditional Chop Cup routines that rely on making the spectator the fool, this approach respects the audience’s intelligence and keeps them guessing without alienating them.
Why Choose This Routine?
- Respect Your Audience: The routine avoids making the spectator the foil and includes thoughtful patter to eliminate the ‘sting’.
- Engage Smarter Spectators: Addresses and leverages the audience’s suspicions about multiple balls in play.
- Advanced Techniques: Includes a clever color change inspired by Juan Tamariz, which confounds and delights the audience.
What’s Included?
This comprehensive guide spans 7 pages, richly illustrated with photos, and contains 2450 words of expert advice—equivalent to 9 standard pages of text. Perfect for working professionals looking to add a polished and captivating routine to their repertoire.
From the introduction:
This routine was honed through many years of adding segments and cutting others. I approached the idea of developing a Chop Cup routine with two priorities: first, I had no interest in doing a Chop Cup routine that made the spectator the foil, i.e.: they always guess incorrectly where the ball is. Thus, I’ve included much of my patter so that you can see how I’ve taken the “sting” out of the routine. Secondly, I refused to underestimate the intelligence of my audience and directly address their suspicions that there is more than one ball in play. In fact, in the spirit of Juan Tamariz, I exploit these suspicions halfway through the routine with a color change which actually aids in getting the audience to basically give up in their efforts to jump ahead in the trick. Thus, the final loads blow right past them.
7 pages, photo illustrated
word count: 2450 which is equivalent to 9 standard pages of text
