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  • This is not intended to glorify smoking.

  • That said, looks simple, doesn't it?

  • But when you're dealing with a master of sleight of hand like my partner Teller,

  • even the simplest activity may be a complex deception.

  • Let's watch that routine again.

  • Is he really crushing out his cigarette?

  • Is he really adjusting his hat?

  • Is he really pulling out a fresh cigarette?

  • Is he really bothered by that itch in his left eye?

  • Is he really just lighting a cigarette?

  • To understand the complexity of Teller's life,

  • you need to know the seven basic principles of magic.

  • One: Palm - to hold an object in an apparently empty hand.

  • Two: Ditch - To secretly dispose of an unneeded object.

  • Three: Steal - The opposite of Ditch. To secretly obtain a needed object.

  • Four: Load - To secretly move the needed object to where it's needed.

  • Five: Simulation - To give the impression that something that hasn't happened has.

  • Six: Misdirection - To lead attention away from the secret move.

  • And Seven: Switch - To secretly exchange one object for another.

  • Teller needs nothing but a pencil, one lit cigarette and a flashlight.

  • Let's watch that original routine again, but this time, from the other side.

  • He palms the cigarette.

  • He simulates crushing it out.

  • He steals the palmed lit cigarette and ditches the lit cigarette in his ear.

  • He exhales smoke to misdirect from the smoke coming out from around his hat.

  • He steals the pencil.

  • He simulates taking the pencil, which is simulating a cigarette

  • from the non-existent cigarette pack and puts the simulated cigarette in his mouth.

  • He rubs his eye to misdirect as he loads the burning cigarette from his ear.

  • He simulates a lighter with a flashlight and switches the lit cigarette for the unlit

  • pencil under cover of misdirection from the flashlight.

  • Palm.

  • Simulation.

  • Steal.

  • Ditch.

  • Misdirection.

  • Steal.

  • Simulation.

  • Misdirection.

  • Load.

  • Simulation.

  • Switch.

  • Misdirection.

  • Looks simple, doesn't it?

This is not intended to glorify smoking.

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