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What The Fork

Dardant, Michael

System 6 Magic

(Based on 2 reviews)
Michael Dardant is one of magic's fastest rising stars with a load of North American magic trophies already accumulated, it won't be long before he's a hit on the International scene as well!
-Shawn Farquhar

Every once in a while you come across a True Original. Someone who does it differently. Someone who does it better. Michael Dardant is a gifted performer who blends incredible magic with a powerful, funny, charismatic persona.
-Murray Hatfield

New Orleans own award winning comedy magician, Michael Dardant aka Magic Mike(Not the... Dancer) brings his Cajun flair to the stage and mesmerizes any audience with ease. In 2012 he became the most decorated magician in North America claiming 16 Championship Awards.

What The Fork is an 1 1/2 HR. breakdown of Michael's Gold Medal Close-Up Act. He performs the routine and then resets in front of the camera!
Next is a riveting and inspiring explanation of the mentality behind every move and every joke. Whether on stage, close-up or even parlor, Every magician will find something new to add to their act!

What are you waiting for? Order your copy today!

Reviews

Jimmy Shubert

Dec 06, 2016

This is the Classic example of Magician's ripping off other magician's Wow! This was the worst thing I have ever purchased & seen! Michael Dardant should be locked up and charged with robbery ($29.95). I got sucked in…. I got the lecture notes too! ($25.00 for Bitten by a Wizard), only because Shawn Fauqwar (his lecture was awesome) but, he was pitching this "What the Fork" DVD and the "Bitten by a Wizard" lecture notes that accompany each other from his own lecture that he did at P.C.A.M. (Pacific Coast Assc. of Magicians) which was another ripoff (don't get me started on that! ) $75.00 for a day pass for what watching a bad magic contest, 1 lecture and, walking around the dealers room that was the size of my apartment seriously, it would be like my local magic shop hitting me with a $75.00 cover charge to walk around…... all involved are guilty of stepping over a dollar to pick up a penny and I am sick of it. I will not buy anything else from these clowns again! Back to the DVD THIS IS AN AWARD WINNING ACT! Holy Shit! I'd like to see the guys that didn't win!…..This DVD was badly produced, The jokes are 6th grade level not funny and, way to inside. He comes out with a jar of thumb tips and says, " This is my tip jar". Must kill at the local S.A.M meeting or the I.B.M. Ring ... Maybe I have high expectations for a DVD that says' The Secrets to a Gold Medal Competition Act! Hardly, I will say this If you ever have reservations or, are nervous about competing in a magic competition watch this DVD it will build your confidence. This guy is a 16 time award winner! He is the most decorated magician in North America WOW! That is what it says on the DVD. I am stunned and feel ripped off..... Jonathan Kamm's $20.00 download for his Toibox card to mint tin is 100 times better than this guys whole act! and he teaches moves two and three moves to complete the same task it is in depth and comprehensive best 20.00 I ever spent. This on the other hand was the worst $55.00 I have ever spent sorry but that is the way I feel and you will too if you buy "What the Fork"
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Dr. J. M. Ayala De Cedoz

Official Reviewer

Aug 26, 2014

This was an interesting DVD because it starts out with a performance of the award-winning act which to me, I did not find as a completely funny act, though there were some clever bits in it.

The act itself in performance is a 9-minute act, which is then followed by about 3.5 minutes of sped-up video showing him resetting the act backed by a normal-speed speech track about the history and evolution of this act. No set-up specifics were shown. Yes, he did reset everything on camera, but he never explicitly shows you where each piece goes.

There are a few gags in the act that I feel are not appropriate for use with laymen. Just too much exposure in my opinion, though he says he uses them and nobody knows what they are. This might be true, but somehow I do not see it.

There is a very nice bit that he does with a finger ring and a ball bearing which had some parts that were reminiscent of the "Rope, Nut & Knot" by Giovanni Livera. Very nice sequence. The explanation of it was rather cursory, but enough information is given for you to develop your own work with it.

The camera never really zooms in or 'gets off the sticks' for anything - it is pretty much a single shot from a set distance throughout the entire video. For things like the ring part, this made it hard to see at times.

At one point Michael said that if you really plan your act well and make it unique, nobody can steal it because they are not 'you' - a very valid point and one which sums up the way I see this DVD. You might find a few clever bits you might like to try, but this DVD feels more like a presentation of, "Here is my act, and this is how I do it." He does not really tell you how to put together an award-winning act. Because 'you' are not Michael Dardant, you would never go out and do this act - this is not the kind of DVD you would by and say, "Okay, I am going to do this act."

For me this DVD is not all here - it is missing some things and there are too many to list. It was nice to see how he does certain things and why he does them, but nothing is really thoroughly explained and the lines are not all that funny (at least to me), but there are some that made me laugh out loud.

One example is that he breaks out a score sheet from a previous competition where he said he got his rear-end handed to him and looked at his scores. He was then able to tell where he needed improvement, based on the scores the judges gave him. The problem was, he never showed you the scores up close or said which areas the low scores were in. He never mentions the various criteria by which various competitions are judged - any of this information would have been of great value in a video like this.

I honestly think you might be able to get something out of this DVD but exactly what, I do not know - it is hard to say.
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