Star Trick
by Larry Becker and Lee Earle
Effect
You start with a 4-times-folded 24x36 inch (61cm x 91.5cm) poster that has 576 unique photographs of public celebrities - all printed in gorgeous color on a brilliant paper that is incredibly tear-resistant. You slowly and deliberately unfold and show every square inch of the printed surface to an audience participant, who verifies that all 576 shots are different.
Next, he randomly selects one of those icons as his 'secret star'. Only now do you unfold the full poster so the entire audience can see that the hundreds of photos are really tiles in a mosaic - becoming a work of art that depicts the participant's 'secret star'!
You can play it straight - as 'subconscious influence' - or as a gag, "Who wants to read his mind?"
- No stooges.
- No pre-show work.
- No sleights.
- No electronics.
- No counting.
- No adding.
- No writing.
- No plastic baggies.
- Nothing to get between you and your audience.
The selection (a force - how else?) is clean, clever, and diabolic - as well as easy, direct, and logical.
Lee Earle spent hundreds of hours creating this digital masterpiece; both to honor an instantly recognizable star who transcends generations, and to design a visually intriguing prop to support an engaging routine.
Comes complete with full-color poster, instruction sheet and initial materials needed to start right out of the tube.
