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Bunny and I subject ourselves to the Carbonaro Effect
Bunny and I went to see Michael Carbonaro [1] at the Au-Rene Theater at the
Broward Center for the Performing Arts [2]. Carbonaro is a magician known for
his television show The Carbonaro Effect [3], a show in the vein of Candid
Camera [4], where he performs magic tricks on unsuspecting people. We were
not entirely sure what to expect for a live performance though.
The opening act was meh (a comedian who laughed at his own jokes, has a
website at … um … “drunken … mumble … something dot … com?” Not very
memorable) but Carbonaro was great! His magic isn't anything we haven't seen
before—mostly standard magical acts (restoring a torn newspaper, some
mentalism acts, turning a coin into a gold fish) but it was his presentation
that made them work (the torn newspaper done as an example of déjà vu, having
a tatoo of an audience member's name on his chest, using a child to color a
quarter orange before turning it into a fish).
He also has a wicked, but family friendly, sense of humor that made the two
hour show fly by.
And his use of shaving cream was unique. I've never seen that done and
frankly, never thought of using it in that way.
Oh, what way? I'm sorry, you'll just have to see the show to see how he
transforms shaving cream into something special and unique.
[1]
http://www.michaelcarbonaro.com/
[2]
https://www.browardcenter.org/host-event/venue-rentals/performances-ticketed-events/au-rene-theater
[3]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRdoAo1_RF0
[4]
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBH1PpAu9UZ0Dkn6qGqGsmg
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