Deren Brown is a great performer and has genuine talent. However, he doesn't fully acknowledge the fact that he uses hypnotism.
When people accept blank paper for money or hand over their wallets in the street, it is because he has hypnotised them already. Watch how he interacts with people - the repetition of the same words, the touch on the wrist. Watch what he does and watch their expressions change as they re-enter the hypnotic state.
He does have great talent, but to me; if people are hypnotised into behaving out-of-character, then is this the same 'mind control' he's trying to convince us he's doing?
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