How Good Is Richard Turner REALLY?

This is my honest opinion. If you like this sort of thing subscribe as I do weekly videos. Thank you for watching!

[BruceSamboy]

Eduard: As a friend of Richard’s that monitors his YouTube page I saw your video yesterday and emailed the link to Richard, knowing that he’d have to get someone to play him the video so he could listen to the audio.

His wife played him your video and he enjoyed your analysis but disagrees slightly.

Here’s what Rick wrote me this morning:

“Regarding what Eduard said. I 100% agree with him regarding mechanic and magician he is just not phrasing things right.

So this is how I state what Eduard is trying to say.  “My show is not a magic show but it is very “magical.”
 
I use all gambling techniques demonstrating putting pat hands together or dealing black jack or stacking but under very tight conditions that when viewed as an audience member seems impossible or in other words “magical.”
 
So I agree with him that it can seem like a magic show, but it is a magic show that some of the best magicians have no clue what is going on.
 
But he was not right when he stated it is a magic trick when I shuffle cards back into order or I say I’m false dealing when I am not.”

[letalis]

Well to be perfectly honest, in my humble opinion, of course without offending anyone who thinks differently from my point of view, but also by looking into this matter in a different perspective and without being condemning of one's view's and by trying to make it objectified, and by considering each and every one's valid opinion, I honestly believe that I completely forgot what I was going to say..

[comedygeek]

"Do you really need someone to ask that question?"

Yet you still got 15 minutes of content out of it. So I'd say YES! Haha.

[Constant.Connell]

Dude! How about "How good are Penn & Teller really?" 😁

[meeeee]

Last summer I had the privilege of me and my father spending close to 5 hours with him at his home in Texas. We got to discuss moves and some of the great card men that he worked with such as Dai Vernon and Ed Marlo. Got to meet his very kind wife who was so gracious to a couple of strangers she had never met. The one thing I will say about Richard is that he really is as passionate about cards as videos of him portrays. He is always working with them and I can tell it brings a great deal of joy to him. That day has been by far the most amazing experience in my life and has really challenged me to get my own skill to a point that will get others to be astonished, just like how I am astonished by him.

[KN-opet]

"Magic" is what the audience feels after watching the performance. Richard Turner definitely makes people feel that way.

[Rom.]

Love how he's so good at what he does that there is still a very small doubt on the fact that he's not able to tell the difference of weight between two card due to their ink.

[captaincaptaincaptainaller]

A few people mentioned it already but to sum it up: in a lot of interviews and his documentary it is stated that his eye loss was progressively. During his combat training he still had some peripheral vision but was considered "legally blind". Nowadays there is no light reception left in his eyes so he is completely blind. He still sees conscious images due to his Charles Bonet Syndrome (CBS) though.
The rest of your review is damn accurate 👌🏼

[xtort]

He doesn’t have peripheral vision anymore he is completely 100% blind now and has been for years

[TheHookBoy]

I watched his documentary around a year ago and I found his life story amazing and inspirational yet very dark and sad in certain areas. In the end, I can easily agree that he is a great magician and can perform some amazing tricks. However, through his strength and dedication, I feel that he is magic.

[DrMBej]

One thing about him to remember is the fact that he is known as 'THE CHEAT' and that actually I think reveals hell of a lot about everything he does and says ;)

[solitude]

He’s completely blind. That went completely black. He then saw “shapes” and now it’s darkness. Turner is the GOAT

[MexieMex]

Turner is a living god! and if anybody hasn't seen it yet, go watch Delt!

[halohero]

How good is Chris Ramsey Really?
*video starts*
Eduard shrugs “meh”
15 minutes of black screen.

[clow]

Richard is amazing, his old videos are the best ones. Where he meets other "card man" and they share the moves. He misses a few tricks, but you can sense how good he already is.

[GabrielZudeck]

I know this video is a bit old. However at 5:55 that is a Daniel Macmillan Switch if I am not mistaken. Good analysis by the way. Thought I subbed to your channel a while ago Apparently not until now. :)

[JoeySonal]

Never thought about the fact that he'd have to learn the eye contact thing... That's actually crazy if you think about it. Loving this series btw

[halfbee]

That opening is so sick! More of this, please.

[elmerfudd]

I have watched Richard T. many times on TV. He is incredible! But, my question is; who was sitting beside him while he was practicing all that time to let him know if he did the cards right?

[danuttall]

6:00 I think that is known as a Colour Change, because it is more obvious when you swap cards of two colours.