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From: killerb_0187
Date: Thu Jan 2, 2003 10:31pm
Subject: [Derren Brown] Re: Using Derrens name to sell products??
Thanks, didn't know about that!
I guess that he had to be though... People aren't blind!
--- In a previous message Ben Green wrote:
> Just a little note about Blaine, he was quite open about the
handles which could be pushed in or out of the tower, he used them
when the wind got up and also to steady himself just before the jump
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: killerb_0187
> To:
> Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 4:48 PM
> Subject: [Derren Brown] Re: Using Derrens name to sell products??
>
>
> Something that made me chuckle to myself yesterday, is that when
I
> was watching David Blaines "Street Magic", and on there he
> explicitally says that he doesn't use any props, or anything.
It's
> done on the street not in "an elaborate set".
>
> He also says this, and I quote:
>
> "It's like everybody's trying to do the next biggest special
effect,
> I mean it just gets bigger and bigger, whens it gonna stop??"
>
> HEH, It makes me laugh when I think about what he's done over the
> years...Hmm, let me see "Burying himself for seven days and seven
> nights", "Frozen in time", And the biggest so far "Vertigo".
>
> - "It just gets bigger and bigger, whens it gonna stop??". So
when
> is it going to stop then David, when I also heard you totally
> contradict yourself at the end of Vertigo when he jumps down, and
> they find him.
>
> - "This is just the beginning".
>
>
> Right well that's my point conveyed, I hope :~
>
> Just one last thing to keep your tastebuds warm. If you watch the
end
> of vertigo when they're showing you him jumping down, if you
watch
> closely, (you'll have to pause it). You'll see that there was two
> handlebars on either end of David's tower. Now he said at the
> beginning that they'll be 'nothing supporting him'. The tower
prooves
> otherwise.
>
> And if you're wondering why you never saw them in any part of the
> show... Think about video editing? And if you're still not
convinced,
> watch the VERY last scene when you just see David standing there
> with 'nothing supporting him'. Doesn't that clip seem a little
> strange. Oh yeah, and another thing, look at his hands. Nobody
stands
> like that if they're gripping nothing!
>
>
> --- In a previous message glyncoy wrote:
> > That site is a disgusting example of the commercialisation of
> magic.
> >
> >
> > A similar thing happened (and is still happening) after the
other
> DB
> > (Blaine) hit our TV screens. The difference is, Blaine used
many
> > items which could be bought in a magic shop - at least Derren
chose
> > material that would bamboozle the casually curious searching
for
> > answers.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
