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From: ganetauk
Date: Mon Mar 24, 2003 11:57pm
Subject: Re: That Orson Wells Painting Thing
Man!, this is a set of interesting posts..Who kknows what will happen
in this field of research?
There could be an hitch now in one of the projects.
:oP I wonder if this works like orson wells or someone else...who
knows what you'll pick...this might ...thrill ya, i dont
know?...think of a singer...stop, dont just pick any, get the one i
am thinking of....see a picture in your mind ...if its in ...black
and white... change it to colour...good....got it....change your mind
till it feels right...scroll down
Michael Jackson
(lol) oh well ...or was i suggesting something else?????????
regards terryrret
--- In a previous message closetlesbian2002
<> wrote:
> > 17: Oil Painting.
> >
> > This bloke looks like trouble, he looks a sceptical challenger.
Arms
> > crossed. Cocky. Oh boy ... :)
> >
> > What does the bloke say to interrupt Derren at the start of this.
> Listen
> > during the line "Now I've been obsessive about this. Not even our
> film crew
> > know what this painting is. But you, Steve, are going to tell me
> what the
> > painting is <interrupt> you just". It sounds like he says "I know
> it's
> > alive?" or "I don't s ..." Help?
> >
> > "Look at me, think of someone else, look at me, think of someone
> else". Said
> > rapidly with loss of intelligibility. Think Orson Wells. Whoever
> spotted
> > this was right on the money!
>
> FOR GOD'S SAKE!!!!
>
> Are you SERIOUSLY suggesting that a garbled mispronounciation
> of "Think of someone else" would inspire any person to come up with
> the name "Orson Wells???"
>
> Let's look at the ENTIRE event for a moment:
>
> Derren has gathered together a group of YOUNG ARTISTS and begins
his
> act by making a brief announcement about what an honour it is to be
> among a this select group "at the forefront of creativity".
>
> Next he selects his volunteer using a scrunched up sheet of paper
> thrown over his shoulder into the crown. This is to be picked up
and
> thrown "three times". The heavy implication of this is that "THE
> THIRD MAN" is to be the volunteer.
>
> Derren ushers Steve, the THIRD MAN, into position and explains how
> obsessively secretive he has been. "Not even the FILM CREW know
what
> this picture is".
>
> Steve is asked to think of ANY celebrity. Personally, if I were
> asked to think of any celebrity with no preparation, I would plump
> for a pop star.
>
> But planted in Steve's mind are at LEAST three seeds:
>
> 1) Young creative genius
>
> 2) The Third Man
>
> 3) Film crew
>
>
> (Tellingly, when Steve gives his astonished reaction at the end of
> the event, he says he originally thought of Woody Allen, one of the
> few other ground-breaking actor/directors who made a name for
himself
> at a young age.)
>
> Steve also has in mind the awareness that because he is about to
see
> a portrait, this mystery celebrity must have a strong, recognisable
> image. Also, the fact that this portrait is concealed with heavy
red
> fabric gives the impression that this is a person of some gravitas,
> deserving of respect.
>
> Darren intersperses his very short sentenses with a
> garbled "Alright?" which he pronounces "OR..?". He does this
> countless times with pleading eyes, until he feels confident that
> Steve has lazily aped these first two letters.
>
> After all, how many other celebrities have names that start with OR?
>
> I am sure there are mountains of other minor suggestions that
steered
> Steve's thinking, so PLEASE stop trying to tell everyone that the
> trick hinges on the words "Someone else"!!!!!
| Replies | Author | Yahoo ID | Date | Size |
| 3676: Re: That Orson Wells Painting Thing | Levien | hypnollama | Tue 25/03/2003 | 2 KB |
| 3708: Re: That Orson Wells Painting Thing | Evans | simplicitymatures | Tue 25/03/2003 | 3 KB |
