Derren Brown: Archive
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From: killerb_0187
Date: Mon Sep 23, 2002 4:42pm
Subject: Re: details details - dont read this if you're gonna see the show
--- In a previous message Philip Collins wrote:
> Details Details.....
>
> Okay let me see what I can do, I have learnt that derren often will
try and
> create false memorys of his effects to blur even more the
possibility of
> having them worked out. Anyone else noticed this?
>
> Derren often randomly chose a spectator by throwing a ball to
someone and
> having them throw it over their shoulder and whoever caught it or
was
> closest to it was selected. As in the art gallery I believe.
>
> In this way a spectator was selected and given a choice of three
shapes
> derren correctly predicted which would be chosen.
>
> Another spec was given a choice of a £500 cheque or a picture of
figaro if
> they chose an envelope and got too keep it contents. Derren
explained this
> game at the start and throughtout the first half would refer back
to it
> repeatedly each time appearing to try to influence her and allow
her to
> change her mind etc. A point of comedy throughout. (of course she
went home
> with the parrot in the end up)
>
> Next came a demonstration of derrens trademark pieces namely 'Lift'
and
> 'Reminisence' seen on MC 2 i think. Details for those that dont
know Lift is
> where a spectator is put into a trance (using most commonly the
Handshake
> interruption technique, which is derived from a guy named Milton
Erickson a
> famous american hypnotherapist)and then is intsructed to lift his
arm in
Yeah, I've heard alot about that, and apparently, it's listed in alot
of hypnosis books, but unfortunately i dont know any...Can anyone
tell me how this "handshake" technique works?
