The Curry Change was originally intended to perform a 1 for 1 switch of a card while seeming to turn it over on the table with the deck hand.
I’ve always felt that the Curry Change was under-rated and given much less credit than it’s worth. The ‘funny’ break held by the left third finger made it a little awkward for more than a few magicians – getting into it and executing it notwithstanding. However, practiced execution look elegant and allows the practitioner of the art of magic to perform near miracles under seemingly impossible conditions.
Ed Marlo (as usual) devised a similar move based on the Curry version that didn’t require such a contortion of the left fingers in acquiring the aforementioned break – this made the move much more versatile (it takes less than a second to setup for the move and it is completely invisible to all but the keenest of eyes). I understand that Daryl also came up with this independently.
But Marlo also added a killer twist to fool the wisest of magicians – he did a 1 for 2 switch; switching out a single card on the table for a double while seeming to turn it over to show its identity. The double is then used to bamboozle his magician friends. This was published in Kabbala (page 68 – 70). Included was an effect Marlo had used to great success – NO WAY – where an unknown card is tabled face down and two selections were made; the previously tabled card turns out to be one of the selections and then this first selection changes into the second selection. Finally, the first selection ends up in the pocket/wallet of the performer.
I’ve always felt that the Curry Change was under-rated and given much less credit than it’s worth. The ‘funny’ break held by the left third finger made it a little awkward for more than a few magicians – getting into it and executing it notwithstanding. However, practiced execution look elegant and allows the practitioner of the art of magic to perform near miracles under seemingly impossible conditions.
Ed Marlo (as usual) devised a similar move based on the Curry version that didn’t require such a contortion of the left fingers in acquiring the aforementioned break – this made the move much more versatile (it takes less than a second to setup for the move and it is completely invisible to all but the keenest of eyes). I understand that Daryl also came up with this independently.
But Marlo also added a killer twist to fool the wisest of magicians – he did a 1 for 2 switch; switching out a single card on the table for a double while seeming to turn it over to show its identity. The double is then used to bamboozle his magician friends. This was published in Kabbala (page 68 – 70). Included was an effect Marlo had used to great success – NO WAY – where an unknown card is tabled face down and two selections were made; the previously tabled card turns out to be one of the selections and then this first selection changes into the second selection. Finally, the first selection ends up in the pocket/wallet of the performer.
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