The trick in which a sheet of newspaper is torn to pieces and then made whole again, when performed well, has always had a great impact on the audience. That's no surprise, for how better could one convince his public of his magical powers than by VISIBLY restoring a sheet of paper which has been ripped to shreds? Psychologically, it is not easy to explain: With a rope-cutting trick, for example, which is a totally different type of restoration, it is easier to assume that the magician has secretly taken something away, hidden (palmed) or switched something, than it is to assume the same for something as big as a sheet of paper. And yet, subconsciously the viewer still thinks there is some kind of switch. There is only one way to rule out this possibility: The newspaper must be borrowed from someone and it must also be marked by someone. When a borrowed and marked piece of paper is torn up and restored, that's really a miracle. Unfortunately, there was never anything like that before!

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