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- Noted by writer Mark Singer in a 1993 profile of Jay in The New Yorker as “perhaps the most gifted sleight of hand artist alive” – Jay was renowned for his close-up card tricks, distance card throwing, feats of memory, and remarkable rhetorical flourishes throughout his presentations.
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Nov 26, 2018 · As a close-up magician, Ricky does whatever he can to add flair, often with his words, outfit, or, in this case, a beautifully bedazzled hostler for his giant scissors.
Nov 28, 2018 · The Spanish magician Juan Tamariz is considered the godfather of close-up card magic. We followed him around Mad rid. Sawing someone in half is a trick that never gets old.
Jan 21, 2015 · VF Hollywood: A BBC journalist in the documentary tells the story about having lunch with you, and you’re explaining a magic trick in which a huge block of ice appears on the table at a dinner...
Dec 18, 2018 · In professional circles, Jay was best known for his close-up work: magic done at a table, across from a single observer. I had experienced a modified version of this in 1994, at the play “Ricky Jay and his 52 Assistants,” an Off-Broadway show during which he did two hours of astounding card tricks while seated at a table in a very small ...
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Oct 28, 2007 · A small excerpt: Deborah Baron, a screenwriter in Los Angeles, where Jay lives, once invited him to a New Year's Eve dinner party at her home. About a dozen other people attended. Well past midnight, everyone gathered around a coffee table as Jay, at Baron's request, did closeup card magic.
He is most likely the youngest magician to perform a full magic act on TV, the first magician to ever play comedy clubs, and probably the first magician to open for a rock and roll band. At New York's Electric Circus in the 1960s, he performed on a bill between Ike and Tina Turner and Timothy Leary , who lectured about LSD .
Try, just try, to keep up with the late, great Ricky Jay as he does his thing in this wordless clip of close-up card magic. Jay was widely thought to be the greatest living sleight-of-hand artist until his recent death over the holiday weekend, but even if you don’t keep up with magic you may have known him from his roles in films as ...
