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From: killerb_0187
Date: Mon Jan 20, 2003 2:04pm
Subject: Re: What's your fav derren effect?
LOL, human lollipop, heh.
--- In a previous message designforlife wrote:
> --- In a previous message killerb_0187 wrote:
> > Hmm, interesting...
> >
> > I think maybe the Candle thing he done. I don't think that was
set
> > up. It seems to be one of the 'genuine' things derren does.
>
> Strangely, I think this is one of the weakest things he does, for
> that exact reason. Normally his routine is that of a supposed
> ordinary person 'tuning in' to what the rest of us can't observe.
The
> emphasis is usually on the people involved in the effect, not
Derren
> himself. I find the candle endurance incongruous, because it's all
> about Derren. (Also, if he can do it with his hand, why not do it
> with his face?! Let's up the ante, folks.)
> You can probably tell I am not really fond of endurance fruitcakes
> like David Blaine et al. So he stood on a stick for a weekend (or
> whatever!). If David Blaine wants to hang around New York
> impersonating a lollipop, I for one am not watching. Now if he
could
> do a cool card trick while he was up there...