3 ARMCHAIR ANALYSIS - JOHN CARNEY
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John Carney is the king of minimal, casual, natural sleight of hand, having studied under the greats such as Dai Vernon and Faucett Ross, BUT he is also a devastatingly funny and commercial performer.
John’s routine is minimalism at it’s best. I love his approach, and after the longer more intricate presentation of Johnny Thompson, this really should inspire you and help you see that anything is possible with this fabulous prop. Those who say that EGG BAG is simply a kids trick will have seen by now that that’s just not the case!
As always with these analysis videos:
1) watch my introduction,
2) check out this video online John Carney https://youtu.be/ktpcv_REvC0,
3) then come back to this video for some comments, ideas and analysis.
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