Brian Tudor
| Brian Tudor | |
|---|---|
| Born | Brian Tudor Walnut Creek, CA |
| 🏳️ Citizenship | US |
| 💼 Occupation | American Magician |
| Known for | Initiator of Cardistry |
| Height | 6'3" |
| Successor | Daniel and David Buck - Dan and Dave |
Brian Tudor is a best-selling American card magician, a sleight of hand artist with original techniques and speed that has published over a hundred sleights, flourishes, and card-cheating tricks. Known as the "Initiator of Cardistry" (a craft that demonstrates dexterity using playing cards) with the release of his VHS publication of Showoff in 1998 which featured the Revolution Cut and What the Hell Happened to Sybil. "Modern [C]ardistry, the art of card flourishing and manipulation for the sole purpose of showing off, dates back to about the early 2000s with its pioneer... Brian Tudor"[citation needed] with "the first instructional product... made by a known magician to only feature flourishes".[citation needed] Mentored by Terry LaGerould & Paul David, he was lauded in print publications such as Vanity Fair in 2015 as an inspiration to all subsequent [C]ardists: 'When the Bucks were 13, they became mesmerized by a VHS instructional tape called “Show Off” in which a performer named Brian Tudor taught eye-popping cuts with playing cards... [unique] one-handed cuts broken into three packets, with the third twisting an added 180 revolution. Eyes sufficiently bugged out, the Bucks fell down a rabbit hole.' 'Brian Tudor’s VHS tape “Show Off”... a card move called “The Five Faces of Sybil,” described as “a quick cut flourish to demonstrate skill and dexterity.” Using all available fingers, Sybil divides a deck of cards into five distinct stacks, resembling staircases in an Escher print. [Tudor] can deftly perform Sybil the way guitarists can run through a blues progression."[1] He has had an international impact, with over 34M views on the leading Chinese magic page that notes the unique fork from tradition as an "escape from magic, lay the pen [to the magician history books, he]... attracted the attention of many magicians." and those that opine his tapes were "well received by critics and resulted in an increase in card flourishing as a performing art."[citation needed]
His style was featured on the Simpsons Season 17 Episode 5[2] since he is a popular icon, referenced in street magician lingo on Urban Dictionary, and his work has been reviewed in the leading industry publications such as Genii("the flourishes, amazing multiple in-the-hands cuts and shuffles, are being performed (in real time) by a 19-year-old mere mortal by the name of Brian Tudor.")[3][4][5] and Magic magazines[6].[7][8][9] A controversial figure in magician's circles, his bold personality and the intricacies of his tricks are debated endlessly on magic forums[10][11]and blogs, with many fans crediting him as their inspiration.[12] Card-trick specialty website December Boys made a video about his invention, the "Revolution Cut"[13] and similar tributes abound on streaming video platforms[14][15][16][17] "the first point where an effort was made to separate card flourishing from magic and this was in [1997] when Brian Tudor released the first project that taught card flourishing [Showoff]"[18] "Tudor [is] incredibly good at what he did and his videos from that time still continue to influence the new generation of cardists"[19], i.e. "[Tudor] gave me a very good foundation for flourishing".[20]
In 2005 he challenged his audience to perform his tricks faster than displayed on his "Generation Extreme" tape with a thousand dollar prize going to the first entrant to accomplish the feat.[21] Ten days later on his podcast "Flash Cards," Jerry Cestkowski while commenting on the contest, stated "he's just the fastest I've ever seen," having similarly exalted him in his 2002 book, Encyclopedia of Playing Card Flourishes[22][23], "the extravagantly innovative Brian Tudor has... some very, very good flourish cuts and some unbelievable false flourish cuts." mentioning several of his innovations with the "Casaubon Shuffle" and 'worthwhile variations and expansions of the "Sybil" cut do exist (see Brian Tudor's Showoff videos)" and recommending him: "You should also get anything by Brian Tudor"[24] Other niche publications also praised him: he was recognized in Bicycle Playing Card's website as a pioneer in the art.[25][26]
Influences
Jerry Griffin, Lee Asher, Joey Burton, Chris Kenner
Successors
Daniel and David Buck - Dan and Dave
| Year | Title | Format |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Showoff | VHS |
| 2001 | Showoff 2 | VHS |
| 2003 | Generation X | DVD/Download |
| 2004 | Generation Extreme | DVD/Download |
| 2005 | Heckler | DVD |
| 2006 | CardSharp | DVD |
| 2007 | Showoff 3 | DVD/Download |
| 2015 | Sybil | DVD/Download |
References
- ↑ Pang, Kevin (2015-04-21). "72 Hours Inside the Eye-Popping World of Cardistry". Vanity Fair Blogs. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
- ↑ Marge Simpson the flourisher, retrieved 2021-10-09
- ↑ "Show Off Review July 2000 Genii_Vol_63_Issue_7_Page_79". edocr.com. Archived from the original on 2021-10-28. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
- ↑ "Genii Volume 64 (2001) by Richard Kaufman". Lybrary.com. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
- ↑ "Genii Volume 66 (2003) by Richard Kaufman". Lybrary.com. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
- ↑ "Magic Magazine 2000 by Stan Allen". Lybrary.com. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
- ↑ "Urban Dictionary: Mouthgarbage". Urban Dictionary. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ↑ "Genii Volume 66 (2003) by Richard Kaufman". Lybrary.com. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ↑ "Magic Magazine 2000 by Stan Allen". Lybrary.com. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ↑ "Brian Tudor. Ugh". theory11 Forums | Magic Discussion, Cardistry, Collecting, and Beyond. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ↑ "The Magic Cafe Forums - Brian Tudor "Hypnotic routine"". www.themagiccafe.com. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ↑ card_drifter (2017-09-23). "This combo cut I came up with influenced by Brian Tudor". r/cardistry. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ↑ "Reverse Revolution Cut". decemberboys.com.ua. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ↑ Brian Tudor - Showoff III - King of Cards, retrieved 2021-10-28
- ↑ Brian Tudor - Generation X, retrieved 2021-10-28
- ↑ Brian Tudor SYBIL youtube preview, retrieved 2021-10-28
- ↑ B为. "【中字教学】远古教学revolution cut 5个版本合集 by Brian Tudor_哔哩哔哩_bilibili". www.bilibili.com. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
- ↑ Cardistry Bootcamp | History of Cardistry, retrieved 2021-10-28
- ↑ "Flourishing is BULLSHIT and here's why..." Retrieved 2021-10-28.
- ↑ "Cardistry". pdfcoffee.com. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
- ↑ "Tudor XCM Card Flourish Challenge". www.penguinmagic.com. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ↑ Cestkowski, Gerald P. (2002-01-01). Jerry Cestkowski's Encyclopedia of Playing Card Flourishes (First Edition ~1st Printing ed.). Printmeister Press. Search this book on
- ↑ Cestkowski, Gerald P. (2002). Jerry Cestkowski's Encyclopedia of Playing Card Flourishes. Printmeister Press. Search this book on
- ↑ "The Encyclopedia of Playing Card Flourishes". docshare.tips. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
- ↑ "An Introduction to Cardistry – Articles". Bicycle Playing Cards. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ↑ "Brian Tudor". www.conjuringarchive.com. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
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