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From: killerb_0187
Date: Sat Oct 26, 2002 9:26pm
Subject: Re: [Derren Brown] Something interesting in MC2
Right, perhaps that's why he said:
"One second", while he concentrated on something else. Only then did
he gesture with his hand for 'Miss.Behave' to continue.
As for the coating of 'heat resistant stuff', no way, I really do
doubt it. He said at the beginning that it was going to be
an "experiment in controlling pain". I don't think he's the type of
guy that decieves so blatantly...
And about the arching.......IT only happened during the middle of the
experiment. HE didn't arch it at the beginning. It's natural to do
that once you really start to feel the pain!
--- In a previous message Philip Collins wrote:
>
> 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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