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cards:two-card_monte [2017/09/24 05:39] – Clarified link between original DeLand trick and what we perform today. tylerwilson | cards:two-card_monte [2021/03/15 19:07] – name correction denisbehr | ||
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- | ====== Two-card Monte ====== | + | ====== Two-Card Monte ====== |
There are two unrelated tricks that are each commonly referred to as " | There are two unrelated tricks that are each commonly referred to as " | ||
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The most common use of the term refers to Theodore DeLand' | The most common use of the term refers to Theodore DeLand' | ||
- | The original trick did not include the move which now has its name attached. In fact, the original | + | The original trick did not include the move that now bears its name. In fact, the original |
- | The routine and handling now commonly referred to as "Two Card Monte" is actually Frank Lane's marketed [[http:// | + | The routine and handling now commonly referred to as "Two-Card Monte" is actually Frank Lane's marketed [[http:// |
- | The finessed optical deception in which the cards are fanned or crossed and the corners lightly flicked as they are displayed and switched, was invented by Neal Elias. It appeared in his // | + | The finessed optical deception, called the Optical Monte Move as well as the Two-Card Monte Move, in which the cards are fanned or crossed and the corners lightly flicked as they are displayed and switched, was invented by Neal Elias. It appeared in his // |
===== Double Transformation ===== | ===== Double Transformation ===== | ||
- | Around the turn of the 21st century, magicians also began using the " | + | Around the turn of the twenty-first |
- | The roots of what Blaine performed | + | The trick Blaine performed |
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+ | An early precursor to this type of routine can be found in Ottokar Fischer' | ||
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