Cups and Balls--Cups Penetration

[JudahMagic]

Does the cup penetration (one clinking through the other) ever fool anybody, or is it meant to be more of a joke?

 

[IsaacHaber]

I would just leave it out. Its not funny and it doesn't fool anyone.

 

[AnthonyL]

I see it as one of those things where if it fools them, great, if not well it's still funny. Personally it's my favorite part of the routine

 

[TeeDee]

Does the cup penetration (one clinking through the other) ever fool anybody, or is it meant to be more of a joke?

It can look absolutely terrible, but if you practise until you get the timing perfect and you don't make a big deal of it, almost performing it on an offbeat, it can work great. Just do it and move on before the audience get a chance to reconstruct it in their minds, and it becomes a startling, "What just happened there?" moment.

 

[RedbeardThePink]

I don't use classic cups, so I don't tend to use that move, but I do use the move where you pretend to jam your wand through the bottom of one cup. My routine is mostly a comedy routine, and I do this quickly in one of the early phases of the routine to get a quick laugh mostly.

It's only as funny as you make it. I've found having obvious and/or terrible early phases is a great way to get people off guard for when you start pulling out oranges or crystal balls or whatever you're using for loads at the end of the routine.

 

[J3_Egold]

Cups and balls is great! Getting a laugh is also good it gets your audience in a good mood.

 

[RealityOne]

It can look absolutely terrible, but if you practise until you get the timing perfect and you don't make a big deal of it, almost performing it on an offbeat, it can work great. Just do it and move on before the audience get a chance to reconstruct it in their minds, and it becomes a startling, "What just happened there?" moment.

Exactly. "I have three cups here which are (do the move) mostly solid."