

Ouija- A close-up Séance trick like no other. Impossibly predict a spectator's chosen superpower and superhero name. Heroes- A perfect example of Spidey's structural thinking. This one features a principle, created by Spidey, that took the mentalism world by storm. Direct, powerful and so deceptive!Įlementary- Using a notebook, a borrowed watch and their intuition, the spectator solves a mysterious crime. Always predict the exact number of matches a spectator chooses. Match-Match- The perfect mentalism opener. "Exceptional!" -Entertainment Weekly What will he teach? "He'll Definitely leave you in Awe!" -Entertainment Tonight "Ridiculous! Just Crazy!" -Discovery Channel "He's a Wicked Sorcerer!" -People Magazine

I can't wait to dive into this lecture!" -Adam Wilber, Penguin Lecture of the Year 2021 WINNER "Spidey is one of the special kind of creators that actually tests, refines and delivers workable, practical and all around killer routines to the community on the regular. Reboots and parallel universes, then, are a mere element of the character, and not a cynical cash grab by a studio eager to do the cinematic equivalent of publishing "a new issue #1." Reboots are merely a look at a new guy. Thanks to "Across the Spider-Verse," the Sam Raimi films, the "Venom" films, and the Marc Webb "Spider-Man" films are now all officially canonical."You Killed us with that trick! Brilliant!" -Penn&Teller Of course, in a world where thousands of Spider-People can meet, which Spider-Man counts as the "main" one? The answer: all of them!Įvery Spider-Man is the canonical center of the franchise. "Across the Spider-Verse," meanwhile, features a character obsessed with Spider-Man canon (Spider-Man 2099 analyzes the Spider-Man origin story from within), and Miles has to heroically state that canon doesn't much matter when saving lives is on the line. The 2018 film stated outwardly that being Spider-Man was a matter of heroism rather than canon. The "Spider-Verse" gimmick of "infinite inclusion" also tapped into the movies' thematic underpinnings.
