Derren Brown: Archive
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From: highrollerentertainmentcasting
Date: Sun Jan 20, 2002 9:30pm
Subject: Re: the blind athlete
Derren was using phonic ambiguities to subtly
suggest the answers he was looking for. For
example....
And I would like you to be aware
andle would like
you to be aware
andlewood like you to be
aware
Sandalwood like you to be aware
This is why Bob
replied 'Sandalwood' as opposed to candles (the answer
that Derren was trying to suggest)
Other
examples were disguising 'Hereford' in 'Nowhere that you
think I might guess' and 'Jazz' in 'And as the waiter
walks away'.
The bits about the cat and the
emphasising that it is a waiter not a waitress are merely
used to distract Bob's conscious so that Derren can
slip in the suggestion to his subconscious, much like
the trivial questions he asked Chris Ryan about
Slippers or Moccasins, or what his father's maiden name
is. These are simply used to distract and mentally
wrongfoot the subject.
Remember, Derren said he
chose Bob because (being blind) he knew he would pay
more attention to subtle shifts in his voice tonality,
and Bob simply responds with what pops into his mind
first, which is Derren's phonetically cloaked
suggestion. Notice how suprised he is on Sandalwood....he
says 'For some reason I've got Sandalwood'. It is
entirely likely that he does not know what sandalwood
smells like, or couldn't identify it if he were to smell
it, but that is still the answer that pops into his
head.
Another easily identifiable technique is the
'let's HOME IN on...' line Derren uses before asking him
whether it is indoors or outdoors. Both Home and In will
prompt the subject to knee-jerk response 'indoors' as
opposed to 'out'.#
Let me know your thoughts on
this!
Daniel
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| 1794: Re: the blind athlete | happany | happany | Fri 06/12/2002 | 4 KB |
| 1799: Re: the blind athlete | Blue Chip | cs_bluechip | Fri 06/12/2002 | 4 KB |
| 1802: Re: the blind athlete | mjm710 | mjm710 | Fri 06/12/2002 | 2 KB |
| 1803: Re: the blind athlete | happany | happany | Fri 06/12/2002 | 5 KB |
| 1806: Re: the blind athlete | ganetauk | ganetauk | Fri 06/12/2002 | 5 KB |
| 1811: Re: the blind athlete | Blue Chip | cs_bluechip | Sat 07/12/2002 | 5 KB |
| 1813: Re: the blind athlete | ozric | klisher | Sat 07/12/2002 | 2 KB |
