Derren Brown: Archive
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From: killerb_0187
Date: Tue Dec 31, 2002 2:31pm
Subject: Re: Stooges, Actors and Tricks - The Exposé
--- In a previous message Blue Chip wrote:
> Posted on behalf of Rob Dobson
>
> Sorry, do people here actually believe that everything he does is
> mind control, and not a combination of many things? I'm surprised if
> so. It's worth remembering if you're trying to work out how he does
> his effects that its not all NLP and psychology...some of
> the 'explanations' of how he does his effects on this board seem
more
> fantastic than the effects themselves.
>
> There is a (fairly) interesting question raised here though: if
we're
> agreed that not all of Derrens effects are achieved purely through
> psychological manipulation, then does his claim that they do make
him
> any better than other 'psychics' who claim psychic powers? Uri
Geller
> is a perfect example of a performer who was harangued by the magical
> fraternity for claiming to be psychic when performing magic tricks;
> surely claiming to be a psychological manipulator whilst doing magic
> tricks is a very similiar claim?
Derren doesn't claim to be a "psychological manipulator" either.
People say that he is one, but I've never heard it from his
mouth! "Psychological illusionist" is the term he uses to describe
his work.
