Derren Brown: Archive
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From: ganetauk
Date: Mon Nov 4, 2002 2:05am
Subject: Re: observations on MC Night (E4)
tractor....chap there
--- In a previous message vlaca_malacca wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I was quite pleased to have watched Derren's many scenes last night
> and figured out roughly how he does most of his mentalist "tricks".
>
> Just a few things:
>
> 1.) During the Oxford Union stunt with the black envelope, was the
> tractor suggested as an image by Derren's initial "thank you all
for
> inviting me here; you're all very aTRACTive" sentence, as I could
> find no other subliminal direction?
>
> 2.) Quite a simple one, this... but how does Derren know how to
> choose his "victims"? Which non-verbal indicators help to determine
> whether or not someone is susceptible to suggestion?
>
> 3.) I could clearly see how Derren was leading the woman at the
> trainstation to guess the man's name (the use of the plosive 'p' in
> the word "explode" was a biggie!), but I fail to see how he can
> determine the chat-up line from the model's (aesthetically-
appealing)
> exterior. I had initially thought that Derren was looking for lip-
> pursing, throat clues, etc., but with such a complex sentence
as "my
> friends say I'd be good for you" I am baffled as to how he gets it!
>
> Overall, a great night of TV entertainment!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tim
>
