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[Tilman Hausherr]

In <4d6quh$g...@news1.ucsd.edu>, Vay Sam <vs...@ucsd.edu> wrote:

>I would appreciate anyone with anyinformation on this particular
>illusion. a woman is tied up, gets in a sack, and put into a trunk.
>The trunk is closed. A man stands on top of the trunk and pulls a
>curtain up in front of him... and less than a half second later, he has
>switched places with the girl. I have seen this illussion done many
>times, but never quite this fast. He literally brings the curtain up
>and back down in one motion. We are talking about 1/4 of a second for
>the two to switch places. If anyone has any ideas, I would appreciate
>them. Thank you.

See the post with the subject "Trunk"

The secret is that while the switch seems to go fast, the preparation is
rather long. Look how long the magician holds that cloth up.

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[Chris Ragaisis]

In article <4dnoa3$32...@useneta1.news.prodigy.com>,
Jeff Wasley <DCU...@prodigy.com> wrote:
>I think it was the PennDragons who performed it LIVE on TV
>once years ago, and the lady lost the top of her costume in her squirming
>attempt to get out of the box, but she went on with the act using the
>cloth to "cover-up" her missing top!

This was on a tribute to Houdini special (there were a few pretty good
acts). Charlotte Pendragon lost the bottom to her costume during the
Metamorphosis illusion. She covered for it by not standing up in the box
at the end of the routine.

This would have completely escaped the attention of a vast majority of
the audience if it weren't for the host, William Shatner. He went out of
his way to point the situation out to everyone. With friends like that,
who needs enemas...

Chris
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