Sniper 10:41 Mon Sep 22
Derren Brown: infamous
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How? How?
Are all the people he picks in the audience plants?
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Brussels Sprout
10:45 Mon Sep 22
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I went to one of the shows he put on. Definitely doesn't use plants, but some of the stuff he does is genuinely mind-blowing.
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bell
10:48 Mon Sep 22
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I was in the audience for one of his shows. He throws stuff out to pick people. One of the bean bags he threw came to me.
So I can guarantee at least that I wasn't a plant.
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Takashi Miike
10:49 Mon Sep 22
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he's a very clevet fella and artist but i can't watch him without thinking of the clairvoyant/psychic fella in phoenix nights :.)
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HairySpotter
10:55 Mon Sep 22
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"Im getting....Nonce"
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penners28
10:58 Mon Sep 22
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He's just an illusionist.
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Sniper
10:59 Mon Sep 22
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I saw him live and I can't figure it out at all - I so know that a lot if the explanations he does give are also red herrings, but the stuff he does is baffling
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The Dursley Massive
11:05 Mon Sep 22
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Am recording this. Saw the show in Bristol and I still can't figure out how he does most of it. The bloke's superb.
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Feed Me Chicken
11:13 Mon Sep 22
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Most of his stuff is all about the mind which truly is a fucked up part of all of us. he's just very clever at what he does, unlike dynamo who is basically a fraud, although good entertainment
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Marston Hammer
11:16 Mon Sep 22
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Dynamo is a fraud? Are you telling me he isn't really doing magic?
Good work Sherlock
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SecondOpinion
11:16 Mon Sep 22
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My good friend ROSE
Went to one of his shows
Her surname might have been Grant
But she was definitely no PLANT
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Ron Eff
11:20 Mon Sep 22
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Saw this at Westcliff earlier this year. Went in as the biggest cynic. It was superb. Incredibly clever. Basically trick of mind, but how, who knows.
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SecondOpinion
11:23 Mon Sep 22
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Saw him in Cambridge a few years back. Thought he was a complete fraud. He was moving through the audience before the show, taking people to one side. Didn't hear what he said.
During the show he made me disappear. I haven't been seen since.
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penners28
11:24 Mon Sep 22
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He has people walking round talking to people beforehand. Getting stories etc
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Terry Brady
11:29 Mon Sep 22
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Derren is just the face of a large group of very clever illusionists, Andy Nyman and the production team at Objective are pulling all the strings. Derren spent 10 years before he was famous learning his trade, he spends hours practising some of the techniques and has learnt the art of "reading" people way beyond his contemporaries.
I was lucky enough to be one of the participants on one of his shows called Trick or Treat in 2008. I spent two weeks with him filming and had the chance to quiz him about many of the things he has done. He taught me how to memorize a list of objects as well as some other tricks I can still use.
You can see the show I was on if you type Trick or Treat plus Quiz into YouTube, I am Glen.
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SteveJacko
11:29 Mon Sep 22
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Seen him live twice. Blokes a clever fucker.
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bertie
11:35 Mon Sep 22
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His books are good.
Seen about 5 of his shows over the years. I can only figure out a couple of things he has done in all his shows, the rest is mind blowing.
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Blunders
11:36 Mon Sep 22
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Something about him really rubs me up the wrong way.
And it's not just that he's a poofter.
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HairySpotter
11:36 Mon Sep 22
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when i read he had a bum lift, it made me gag. cant watch him anymore
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Sniper
12:18 Tue Sep 23
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Dursley
Saw him at the hippodrome years ago doing a different show but similar principles
I trick of the mind is an excellent book. It explains some of the things he does but not all
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mashed in maryland
1:41 Tue Sep 23
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I don't think Derren Brown is a fraud at all.
Most of what he does makes perfect sense and he explains most of it pretty well.
If he is I will genuinely be disappointed.
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