Comments from others...
"Quite possibly the most impressive, most magical, most impossible, most entertaining piece of card magic theatre I've ever seen, and in Armando's hands a work of enduring beauty and mystery. If Mozart had created card tricks, this is what they'd look like. "When you get into magic, you hope that if you live long enough, travel far enough, and spend enough late hours in enough bad bars you'll one day see some real magic. Not something 'clever' or 'flashy' or merely very skilful, but something so magical, so impossible, so 'No way!' that you are transported to a world where magic is real and nothing is impossible. I've had maybe a dozen such moments in my life. Three of them were seeing Armando Lucero perform Empanada. It's THAT good. The first time I ever saw this routine; I had to travel halfway round the world to see it. It was worth it. When Armando performs this routine, you are seeing real magic. It's a creation of lasting beauty and mystery that will haunt me forever." Ian Rowland
“I am having tremendous success with The Empanada Routine. First of all, for me the effect is massive, it plays big. I have presented it on a stage in a Theatre and also in various Parlor Settings. It took me quite a while to feel psychologically comfortable with the . . . and also the pacing and rhythm of the routine. My handling and presentation is about 95 % and that is good odds for me in-terms of performance standard I set for myself. "This routine is part of my A-list repertoire. It combines all the elements I feel are important in the presentation of artistic card magic. Great Plot, Outstanding Methodology, Suspense, Emotional Tension, Engagement with the audience, Total astonishment. "I did it once for a group of people in a restaurant and at the end, the assisting spectator said, of all the tricks I have seen you do, that was the very, very best . . .It was quite emotional watching it . . .how the f*** did you do that!!!!!!!! "This routine really disturbs people... it is a masterpiece of theatre, how many card tricks can you say that about?” Michael Vincenthttp://www.michaelvincentproductions.com/
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