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| Posted On Sep 3, 2008 at 2:24 PM |
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adamomagus
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youtube.com/orbitbrown
This guy is really really good, I love his "Arthritis Onslaught 2" video the most. I was wondreing what others thought of him...?
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| Re: Chris "Orbit" Brown |
| Posted On Sep 3, 2008 at 10:36 PM |
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docbrand
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Not too bad but I get tired of seeing the youtube magicians that put really annoying music to a few sleights and stunts and call it good magic. Just my opinion though.
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| Re: Chris "Orbit" Brown |
| Posted On Sep 4, 2008 at 2:15 PM |
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The music WAS annoying... I just turned it off... I think he has some potential though.
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| Re: Chris "Orbit" Brown |
| Posted On Sep 5, 2008 at 12:41 PM |
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While I do think that he could be a great magician I believe he's more of a XCM type of person. If you look up Brian Tudor you'll get a better feel for what I'm talking about.
Brian Tudor is a very talented manipulator and sleight artist. He doesn't have any patter to his routines, just music. He practices for almost 12 hours a day on just doing sleights and moves to make them as perfect as he can.
While his talent is great and these XCM types are entertaining to watch it's about the equivalent of watching a circus performer. I don't believe there's any real sense of magic in it as much as it's viewed as a skill.
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| Re: Chris "Orbit" Brown |
| Posted On Sep 9, 2008 at 5:05 PM |
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I believe that what he's doing is a type of magic called "flourish effects". While they may be entertaining, they don't really convey all that magic is capable of showing. In some cases, flourish effects may be good to show someone as a part of a routine, or a visual climax for a trick. Though I don't think that they should be used as their own effects.
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