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Paint the Roses Red Review

Official Review
June 4th, 2012 12:57pm
Rating:
Reviewed by Joe Diamond
This was a strange DVD to me. It was an odd combination of magic, mentalism, sleights, and conversations. The way it was shot was extremely close up, and always moving. It was a little distracting.

I don’t feel any of the effects are totally done. But almost every one has some kind of interesting idea or element to it that could be used in another effect. The exception for me is “Curiosity” which I’m not convinced is very deceptive. The color changes and moves were interesting, but won’t appeal to everyone.

The real value here is the ‘bonus’ conversation. It’s filled with interesting ideas, tips, and lines. There is a talk on how to just stop mid close up set, and say, “Phone is about to ring,” and someone’s cell phone, or the house phone, rings (in certain situations). There are also interesting ideas on cold reading, interacting with the audience, and how to react to common questions we close up magicians will eventually be asked.

If you are looking for polished routines to add to your set immediately, I wouldn’t say this material is suitable without some work and/or customization. If you want some material and ideas to play with, this is a decent value.

Half a star off for the less than deceptive effect, and half off for the filming. Grand total is a very decent, though odd, four star product.

Product info for Paint the Roses Red

Author: Leval, Lewis
Average Rating:  (2)
Retail Price: $31.65
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"Some of the most refreshing deceptions I've seen in years, fascinating effects from a fascinating character"
- Daniel Madison

Paint the Roses Red is the début DVD from the UK's Lewis Lé Val.

In this DVD, you will learn a collection of LLV's working effects that are easy to do and insanely powerful. If that wasn't enough, you also have access to a 45 minute roundtable discussion between LLV and Dee Christopher on subtleties and techniques that you can add into your own performances to make them more powerful and effective.

Harmony - Despite the spectator giving a deck of cards two thorough shuffles beforehand, the performer is able to know the exact order of cards in a chosen suit.

Curiosity - The spectator secretly conceals their own coins at various locations on their body (left pocket, right pocket and one in their closed fist). The performer is able to divine the location of every coin. As a finale, the date on the third coin is also revealed under seemingly impossible conditions.

Binary - The spectator finds their selected card using an unknown prediction card from another deck. The prediction is then revealed to bear the same value as the original selection and to have even predicted its numerical position in the deck.

Off with his Head - During an entertaining exposé of card cheating techniques, the performer finds a royal flush in a deck of cards previously shuffled by the spectator.

Hack - A number force using a spectator's borrowed phone.

Caterpillar Control - A flashy card control paying credit to Chris Brown's Venus Trap.

Wardrobe Change - Instantly make a card change by popping your T-shirt!

As well as all of the material taught and the roundtable discussion, we've also included 4 PDF files on the disc to expand on some of the effects and subtleties taught; You will learn to tell instantly whether your spectator is left or right handed, how to sense when a phone is about to ring and how to create false memories with a little known visualization technique.

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