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From: Philip Collins
Date: Sat Oct 26, 2002 8:02pm
Subject: Re: [Derren Brown] Something interesting in MC2
I reckon he could have done some meditating/hypnosis to break down the pain
reflex, it works you know and its not hard.
Also he could have coated the palm of his hand in heat resistant stuff, also
notice his hand is arched throughout those extra millimeters might make alot
of difference
P
>From: killerb_0187
>Reply-To:
>To:
>Subject: [Derren Brown] Something interesting in MC2
>Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 19:37:23 -0000
>
>Having watched this episode back like a thousand times now, I have
>noticed a couple of things about one of my favourite 'tricks', the
>candle one....
>
>I like this one especially because he obviously doesn't use any
>tricks, any gimmicks, nothing!!
>
>But if you watch him closely.... you'll notice a couple of
>interesting things (if you havent already ofcourse).
>
>1) when he's explaining what he wants the participants to do, he says
>something like
>
>"It hurts doesn't it??"
>"Keep your hand there as long as you can, until you have to pull your
>hand away <speeds up his tone of voice, and emphesis twice!>, (x2)." -
> As he gestures with his hand.
>
>
>Interestingly he emphisises on 'pulling the hand away'. I've got a
>sneaky suspecion that it was a little subliminal messsage, that
>sortof 'forced' them to think of when it was 'hurting'. Very clever.
>They're put in that state of mind before hand, so cognitively,
>they're looking for the pain.
>
>I think obviously, one of the reasons why he did this is that he'd
>win without so much difficulty....And so that they DO pull it away...
>However, no 2....
>
>2) If you watch the last women, she looks as if she could have stayed
>there much longer. She was by far the person there the longest, but
>it seemed to me that she could've perhaps stayed there even longer.
>Her hand wasn't trembling or anything. She was perfectly calm, and by
>that time, Derren started breahing very heavily, and was shaking...So
>perhaps out of sympathy she may have stopped?? What do you guys
>think??
>
>
>One other interesting point, do any of you think that Derren could
>have used 'self-hypnosis' in this stunt??
>
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