I don’t see a problem with claiming some special ability is innate, yet still requires environmental activation.Īnd Brad criticises the climax to Intuitive Aiii where Looch calls out ‘unseen’ cards. And this can sometimes provide an entry key for the astute but blindsighted spectator.īrad then sticks the boot in over Looch’s demonstration of photographic memory. Maybe that could be apply to most magic tricks? At some stage the magician will do something that is not necessary or does not make pure logical sense. "Almost without exception, all of Looch's routines are internally inconsistent." Next Brad comes up with some very cruel verdicts: that Looch's presentations reveal that he doesn't understand ANYTHING about what he's trying to emulate. These may well be 'person perception' cliches, but they pervade our senses to such an extent that I doubt that Brits would see Looch as some kind of Derrenish clone. Looch has a northern accent - which I tend to associate with characteristics such as being straightforward, direct, unpretentious, affable but occasionally blunt. Has he executed a My Lai massacre in the name of the Magic Arts?įirstly, he brands Looch as 'Derrenish', but ,from my viewpoint (as someone who grew up in England), the difference in their distinctive regional accents immediately undercuts such a comparison. That same day, killing time in Foyle’s Bookshop, I picked up a copy of Joe Estzerhas’ hilarious Hollywood anecdotes and came across an amusing quote: a critic is someone who arrives after the battle is over and shoots all the wounded.Īnyway, back to Brad. I'm fascinated by examples of where clever critics sometimes get it badly wrong.( I recall Michael Close's initial failure to comprehend Luke Jermay! ) After attending the John Bannon London lecture at Davenports, I bought a copy of the latest Magic magazine and came across Brad Henderson's ultra-hostile review of Looch's Your Thoughts Are Mine (June 2009).
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