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1) The document discusses the history and techniques of deception in card magic tricks. It explains that card tricks originated with gamblers and cheaters using techniques like palming cards and false shuffles to deceive audiences. 2) Key techniques used by magicians to elude and misdirect audiences include palming cards, false shuffles to control card placement, and misdirecting audience attention. 3) A performer needs to use techniques like these to deceive the audience and create the feeling of "magic" without revealing their secrets. Their goal is to elude the audience's understanding of how the trick is done.

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Speech Outline

1) The document discusses the history and techniques of deception in card magic tricks. It explains that card tricks originated with gamblers and cheaters using techniques like palming cards and false shuffles to deceive audiences. 2) Key techniques used by magicians to elude and misdirect audiences include palming cards, false shuffles to control card placement, and misdirecting audience attention. 3) A performer needs to use techniques like these to deceive the audience and create the feeling of "magic" without revealing their secrets. Their goal is to elude the audience's understanding of how the trick is done.

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Deception

Introduction:

A. silently shuffle cards, then ask for volunteer

1. “magician Marco Tempest, in his TED Talk”

a. finish trick

1. “Sorry for messing up I am not a professional.”

b. “Although I am no professional, cards have been here for a very long time and many
people are.”

c. Pause

B. Introduce history

a. Davis Parlett, author of A Dictionary of Card Games and The Oxford History of
Board Games

b. cards dated back to before 1000 AD in China; card design French from the late
1400s

c. card tricks started with gamblers and cheaters; circuses; stages

C. “All magicians, from the streets to the stage, have two main functions when performing a
card trick: to elude and misdirect the audience. And there are multiple techniques that
are used to achieve these goals.”

Body:

A. Arthur Buckley, author of Principles and Deceptions

a. “ Illusions and misdirections are important to card tricks because without them a
performer will not be able to deceive their audience, and the audience members will
not get the feeling of ‘magic’.”

B. Hugard and Braue, in their book Expert Card Technique

a. Palming is concealing of cards in the palm of a hand; misdirect the audience


attention

Pause

a. False shuffles needed to elude the audience; real shuffle randomized the deck; false
shuffles performer knows exactly where in the deck the cards they need are, and
they want to keep it there

Pause

Conclusion:

A. “With just those few techniques I listed, a performer would be able to achieve the two
functions of a card trick, to elude and misdirect the audience.”

B. “A performer needs to deceive the audience in order for the trick to work, and there are
many ways to do so. Remember, for the functions and techniques of card tricks to be
able to affect many people, a magician never reveals their secrets.”

a. Walk to volunteer, finish trick

C. “Ladies and gentlemen, thats magic.”

a. “Reinforcing that I am no professional in these techniques, with the information you


have now, hopefully you can start your own tricks and perform them better than I
can.”

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