Derren Brown: Archive
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From: ganetauk
Date: Fri Dec 6, 2002 6:50pm
Subject: Re: the blind athlete
Cool solo man ....lol
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--- In a previous message happany wrote:
> If you imagine a typical piece of Jazz trumpeting and then 'sing' it
> out loud -
> Waah-Waah-Waah-Wah-Waay,
> Waah-Waah-Waah-Wah-Waaaay. . .
>
>
> Like if you 'sing' the theme tune to The Simpsons it would go
>
> Daah da-da Da-daah da-da-da. . .etc
>
>
> That's what I meant. --- In a previous message Blue Chip wrote:
> >
> > >i.e. ' WAY - WAY - WAY - WAAH - WAY - WAAY ' ( Jazz )
> >
> > I have GOT to ask, why does "way way way waah way waay" make
> someone think
> > of Jazz??
> >
> > Another theory I have heard on this is that you will not get a
> waitress in
> > an expensive resteraunt, and you are most likely to hear Jazz in
an
> > expensive resteraunt.
> >
> > So Long,
> >
> > Bc
> >
> >
> >
> > >Here's the real reason why ' a waiter not a waitress '
> > >led to Jazz -
> > >
> > >'. . . the WAI-ter comes over and takes your order,
> > > now it's a WAI-ter not a WAI-tress and as he WA-lks
> > > a-WAY you are a-WA-re of . . .'
> > >
> > >i.e. ' WAY - WAY - WAY - WAAH - WAY - WAAY ' ( Jazz )
> > >
> > >Or has or has everyone noticed this already ?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >--- In a previous message highroller entertainment casting wrote:
> > > > 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
