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From: highroller entertainment casting
Date: Thu Apr 11, 2002 8:59pm
Subject: Re: Some 'insights' regarding Derren's coin trick and cold reading
--- In a previous message glyncoy wrote:
> With reference to the people on the street I would have thought it
> was obvious that there was an element of hot reading, disguised as
> something much colder. There isn't a cold reader on the planet who
> could divine as much information as Derren did in such a short
space
> of time on so many people.
>
> On the coin routine, there are some very sound principles you could
> use to get this to a level of reasonable reliability - hellstronism
> and nose reading spring to mind. However, they would never be 100%
> reliable which is why Derren is not relying on them for his version
of
> this old parlour trick. Don't get me wrong, as always he has
absolute
> conviction in his presentation and there is no doubt in my mind
that
> he is trying to read the tension in the muggles arms as well as
read
> the direction of his nose - but he also has a failsafe check to
> ensure he always gets it right. This effect was designed to work on
> live TV so needs to be 100% foolproof.
>
> Without wishing to give too much away, what you need to do is WATCH
> Derren's arms closely and WATCH the way his wrist is always over
the
> hand at the crucial point.
Dear Glyn....
Yeah, I think it was subtle enough, although I know exactly what
you're referring to.
Something I DON'T know though is what 'Hellstronism' is....could you
elaborate? I'm well aware of how to read someone's nose as well as
various other subconscious body language cues, but I've never heard
of 'Hellstronism' and boy does it sound like a cool word to know!!!
Also, thanks for keying us into the fact that 'prepared' cold
reading is 'hot reading'...another useful tidbit...anyway, I'll go
and WATCH ;) the coin routine again...
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