| bill, lays it on the table and says, “Do it again.” She does it again. He pulls out |
| another 10-dollar bill and says, “Do it again.” She does it again. Then he says, |
| “Don’t go away, I’ll be right back.” She waits a bit and the person |
| comes back with a friend. The person puts another 10 on the bar and says, “Show |
| him,” indicating the friend he just brought over. Sue does it again. The friend |
| looks perplexed, pulls out a 10, slaps it on the bar and says, “Do it again.” Sue |
| does it again. Then they shake their heads, thank her and leave. |
| I have a similar story. The situation arose due to my change in style of performing. |
| Later in life I have pulled back the “I am a professional magician” and tried to |
| project “I am just me doing a trick.” The result has been that audiences are more |
| on my side. They do not challenge me but attempt to talk to me as if I am a friend that |
| is on the inside of show business and can, somehow, let them behind the curtain. The |
| event of this story occurred when I was doing magic at a singles meeting. I had done |
| some stand up magic and then invited those that were interested to sit down at a table |
| and watch me do some, smaller stuff. At one point, I did Matrix. Because of this more |
| relaxed style, the audience felt very comfortable with me. One person said, “Could |
| you do that again?” I said sure. And did it again. Realize that 5 people were |
| sitting at the table with me, their elbows on the table, chins resting on their hands and |
| they were all 10 inches from my cards and coins as I performed. After performing |
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