Looks like this may be a reversal of our favorite Derren Brown special The Heist but instead of the wizard using is powers for evil he is trying to make one man a hero.
Either way, this looks fantastic.
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Looks like this may be a reversal of our favorite Derren Brown special The Heist but instead of the wizard using is powers for evil he is trying to make one man a hero.
Either way, this looks fantastic.
Here is a pretty cool stocking stuffer/birthday present for the magician who has everything, Harry Houdini’s “On Deception” has been rereleased with a new introduction by Derren Brown.
Both the foreword and the tome itself is described by the Guardian:
Practically every paragraph is pompous, overwritten and aching to get back to the “bitter self-aggrandising and petty point-scoring” described in a splendid new foreword by Derren Brown. Brown still treats Houdini, rightly, as something of a hero, but is the first to admit the feet of clay – Harry Houdini’s ego and love of kicking a rival long after he’s down shine like black light throughout.
A petty magician looking to take cheap shots at rivals? Why I never!
The head writer for the new BBC series featuring the iconic Sir Arthur Conan Doyle character says that Holmes shares much with the UK mentalist Derren Brown.
In an interview with Whats On TV, Gatiss said both men approach their work in the same way, saying the massive leaps they make are very ‘exciting.’
He revealed: “There’s a comparison between Sherlock and Derren Brown. They both say something outrageous and then show you how they worked it out.
“Sherlock can fit things together and make massive leaps. It’s very exciting and when you think in his mindset you start to see things differently.”
We concur…
The best performers utilize a persona while on stage but few are as immediately recognizable as Derren Brown. However, it is sometimes an annoyance for the UK mentalist as he wishes he could meet some of the celebrity guests on his series as “real Derren” and not “THE Derren”.
Brown also admitted that he sometimes wishes he could meet his celebrity guests when he is not working on television shows.
“It’s always frustrating because I have to be in the zone and be ‘that guy’, this slightly weird, creepy, controlling figure,” he said. “And then I think, ‘Damn, that was my chance to meet my hero and I acted like someone I wouldn’t want to meet’. It feels like a missed opportunity.”
For example, it might have been nice to meet Simon Pegg without mentally warping his mind the first chance you got. But we guess that’s just the price to be paid.
Debuting tonight on Channel 4, Derren Brown Investigates finds the mentalist spending time with those who claim to have genuine paranormal abilities. Tonight’s premiere features Joe Power, a man who claims he can speak to the dead.
From BeeHiveCity.com:
One of the leading ghost worriers in Liverpool he can command up to £40 for a reading. Now I know there’s a recession on, but £40, honestly, that’s what you get charged when a cheque bounces, yet this man will drive round your house and hold court with your dead mother for two score. Alarm bells begin to ring. Either Joe is talking utter crap, or he should be nominated for bad businessman of the year award.
Derren follows Joe around for a week, first witnessing him perform a reading on a woman “he’s never met before” and remarkably getting hit after hit on her back story. Later on in the show however, Joe throws a fit after a terrible reading which is independently organised by the production team. Joe accuses Derren of being a liar and a bad showman, (which may well be true), but the absolute stink that he falls into after seemingly being caught out makes you dislike him even more than you did when you just thought he was just ripping off vulnerable grannies and fat people.
Joe is apparently such compelling television the critic later worries how the series will top him in later episodes. Something tells me there is no shortage of characters like Powers in this realm of society.
Interestingly, Brown is criticized for not tearing into Power once it becomes apparent he is a huckster. We will wait to see the show for ourselves but are happy to see a voice of reason and skepticism be restrained yet unyielding as opposed to aggressive and vitriolic.
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Last year, Derren Brown spent time with many folks who claim to have paranormal abilities. This is the fruit of that labor.
Looks pretty sweet.