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An oblong basket about 1,5 m long, 60 cm wide and 60 cm high is brought onto the stage. The basket is placed on a low stand - a platform (Fig. 155). Accompanied by his assistant, an illusionist comes out and informs the audience that with the help of this basket the assistant will travel into outer space.

Focus Hindu basket
Fig. 155

In order for the audience to be convinced that it is this girl who will make the flight into space, the illusionist asks one of the spectators to write their last name with an ink pencil on the hand of a brave traveler. The girl goes to the auditorium, and one of the spectators writes his last name on her hand. The girl returns to the stage. The illusionist says that during the journey it is possible to meet with small meteorites, etc. The girl is somewhat frightened. The artist notices this and offers the girl to blindfold so that she does not see the moment of the start.

The illusionist blindfolds the girl and passionately continues to talk about the flight. The frightened girl runs backstage. The performer takes it back by the hand and places it in the basket. He closes the basket and locks the lid. Then the artist asks for appropriate lighting, disturbing music sounds. The illusionist says that the girl is already in the stratosphere, she is rising higher and higher. "Don't believe me?" he asks. "Look." The illusionist opens the lid of the basket (Fig. 156) - the basket is empty.

Focus Hindu basket
Fig. 156

The music subsides. The illusionist closes the lid of the basket and announces: "Now the girl is already on the threshold of space." "It's not true, I'm on the threshold of the auditorium," the girl's voice suddenly sounds. The audience sees a girl who approaches the viewer who has made a mark on her arm. He certifies its authenticity. The assistant rolls the stand with the basket backstage. The girl takes the stage. The illusionist is dissatisfied: "Why didn't you let me dream about the near future and what happened to you? How did you get into the auditorium?" “She came out from behind the scenes and walked through the corridor,” the assistant replies. On fig. 156 shows such a position of the basket, which the audience does not see - the corner of one of the walls is visible.

Focus secret:

To perform this illusion, two women of similar height and build must be occupied in the room. Dresses, shoes, hair color and hairstyles - everything should be the same for them. A small scene before the beginning of the illusion is introduced only so that the audience remembers the woman. After she is blindfolded, she runs backstage for a moment. At this time, the substitution of doubles takes place, on which the focus effect is based. The illusionist leads onto the stage by the hand another woman, who stood ready backstage with the same blindfold. The scarf hides the face well enough that the audience will not notice the substitution. Now a woman with a mark on her hand has enough time to go to the auditorium and appear there at the right time,

The double woman is placed in a basket and, trying to take up as little space as possible, presses against the back wall (away from the audience). She lies at the bottom of the basket (Fig. 157). When the basket is placed on its side, the movement is counterclockwise along the axis at point W, and since the lid of the basket closes at this moment, the viewers do not see the DG wall, which does not follow the rotation, but remains motionless and, when rotated, now forms the bottom of the basket with side of the audience. That's the whole simple mechanics of this illusion.

Focus Hindu basket
Fig. 157

It is clear that the double woman remains lying in her place until the end of the demonstration and can only leave the basket backstage.

The first woman, who is well remembered by the audience, appears in the auditorium. Illusionists are now trying to find twins for this number, who are very similar to each other. If the twins are participating in this illusion, there is no need to tie the face with a handkerchief.

Author: Vadimov A.A.

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