Effect
Mysterious Japanese Tie
Harlan Tarbell · The Tarbell Course, 1926
- Time
- 4 min read + 10 min practice
- Materials
- In the library
- Prerequisites
- None
Take care. Working with these objects and effects is inherently dangerous; anyone who attempts them does so at their own risk. Anybody under 18 is advised to undertake them only with a parent's permission and supervision.
Performer ties two tapes around a girl assistant's waist. Another girl stands in front of the first and is also bound with the tapes. Two ends of the tapes are given to an assistant and performer, himself, holds the other two ends. At command, the tapes are freed from the girls and are shown stretched out between the performer and his assistant.
How it is done
The method, 11 drawings and all it needs, inside the library.
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