The Art of Attraction by Paolo Black, Melissa Pracht and Scott Lituchy

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    Tic: What time is it? Showtime? What time is it? Showtime?

    Ok ladies and gentlemen it's about that time. Please move up.

    Are you smarter than a fifth grader? Please move up!

    Showtime!

    Tic: I'm Tic. Tic stands for talent, impressive and creative.

    I'm one part of the Tic and Tac All-Stars.

    Tac: I go by the name of Tac. Its an acronym meaning Top Audience Controller.

    Tac: Let's get this public announcement out of the way real quickly.

    Tic & Tac: White people, you have nothing to be afraid of. It is only us two black guys. We can not hurt all of you.

    Tic: At the same time, but one on one baby!

    Tac: They know we athletes. They know we athletes.

    Tic: There's nothing like the excitement to build a audience with no promotion, no signs.

    Tac: You have to understand art of attraction to be able to first even do your performance.

    Tic: Break dancing is definitely universal.

    Only reason it comes in and out of style is that its so difficult of an art form.

    'Cause Concrete speaks back to you.

    When you make mistakes on concrete you feel it. Everytime.

    Tac: My twin brother and I always knew we would be performers.

    Tic: Me and my brother, we was inseparable.

    We still are.

    It's not too many twins I have ever seen as close as me and my brother.

    There was nuttin that we didnt do besides like, you know, maybe have a girlfriend or something like that, we didn't share nuttin like.

    Tac: We did the trains at 7, 8.

    Tic: We was already entrepreneurs.

    I used to be able to buy almost anything I want when I was 7 years old.

    Sometimes my father used to have to borrow money from us back.

    We had like almost 30, 40 dollars at the end of the week and he'd be like, "Son, I need a couple dollars."

    Tic: Enough of the cute stuff.

    If you all ready for danger say yeah.

    Crowd: Yeah!

    Tic: Say, "Oh yeah!"

    Crowd: "Oh Yeah!"

    Tic: I'm definitely a daredevil.

    My first flip was I was on my twin brother's shoulders. He threw me like this and I landed on my head.

    It took me three times to say stop. And people looking at me like "Boy what is wrong with you? "

    After the second time I was forming knots on my head and all that.

    But I was like we going to get this, we going to get this. And they was like "What is wrong with you two?"

    And everybody just looked at us like those boys, they, they going to be talented cause I ain't never seen nobody who got up three times after they been dropped on their head. It was crazy.

    Tac: We've worked with - you name it - any act from Michael Buble, Alicia Keyes, Michael Jackson, uh, NBA, you name it.

    Tic: One day I be in New York, next day I be on somewhere across the United States.

    That's when I really realized I am not the average Bronx child.

    Mom: Tayheem, your legs are out. Tayheem, your legs!

    Tac: What is it?

    Audience: A midget!

    Tac: Everybody say go shorty, go shorty, go.

    Audience: Go shorty, go shorty, go.

    Tac: We have to ask you all one question real quick.

    Tic & Tac: Does everyone speak English? Real well? Listen up. Don't fucking move ok?

    We have no insurance, no liability, no no fault. No nothing.

    Tac: Gorgeous, if you move, you will die!

    That was very inspirtional. Learned that from Al Sharpton.

    Learned this one from Elliot Sptizer. Politics!

    Tic: It's almost like when I jump, once I take off from the air I feel like I'm flying. Its like I'm Superman.

    Oh, I'm gonna make it. I'm gonna make it easily.

    I just hope no one lifts their head up acting stupid.

    Tic: They're not just in the park watching the entertainment, they're like, "Wow, they shouldn't be in the park, they're too good to be in the park."

    "Have you ever seen this type of entertainment in a park like this." "No, me neither." "I cant believe we walked up upon this. This was great, this was the best thing of my day. Wow!"

    Tac: The third part is getting them to give you donations for the work you just did.

    Tic: It's amazing about street theater. It's the only place where you can say how much you want to price your ticket for.

    Tic & Tac: I see you! Scotland! Give it up for Pakistan! Iraq!

    Five Dollars you got seniority.

    Hawaii was the last to give.

    Hey, New York, You gonna let that happen?

    Tac: If you don't make the crowd laugh in Washington Square Park, you are not going to make any money.

    Tic: I can't belive this is working.

    Tac, Columbia, he said Columbia. Yeah, Columbia.

    Tic & Tac: Don't unfold it. Don't unfold it.

    Domincan Republic was the last to give, Puerto Rico!

    Tic: We're business partners to the end. We're half and half.

    Ain't nuttin' tighter than Tic and Tac.

    We won't even fight with each other no more cause it, it would mess up our money.

    We can't fight each other no more.

    That's how much Tic and Tac love each other.

    Tac: Tic is uh, he's one of a kind. He's a loving father, pushover father sometimes with his girls.

    He's a great brother, a pinhead brother sometimes, but loving.

    He's sorta like a rainbow. Every color is beautiful. Every trait about him.

    You love him for when he's acting weird, you love him for when he's being serious.

    You just gotta love him.

    Tic: The love I feel for my kids is enormous.

    They definitely everything. My little girls, my little man here.

    I think I'm a teach him how to dance.

    I kinda want him to be a boxer.

    My life about now is abut trying to give my kids more than what I had.

    I just try to keep my family tight and let them know I'm there for them.

    But trying to instill in them to have some love and say "You know what? My daddy was there for me."

    They are my greatest achievements.

    Me and my son is like how me and Tac is.

    He's like hooked to my hip. I can't do nothing without him.

    He's almost, what you could say, I guess, would be the Toe to the Tic and Tac.

    If I didn't pass my talent on to somebody else I wasted it.



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