He Is Full Of Compassion, Like A Snake.
Oct. 2nd, 2009 10:00 pmSo. Derren Brown's How to Take Down a Casino.
...oh, Derren. That must be tremendously embarrassing. I suppose that's the risk of doing stunts live.
(He was only one off, though! I, for one, am very impressed. Shame it doesn't count for anything money-wise. Poor bewildered Ben.)
In a way, his failure actually makes me love him more. Derren Brown is still a massive freaky genius (those parts where he determined car speeds and predicted trajectories were amazing), but he is not an infallible massive freaky genius. He took a gamble in more ways than one by performing this live, and sometimes gambles fail. He was still dapper and charming and frighteningly intelligent, so, you know, thumbs up! It was just a shame that it was the last of The Events; as an overall ending, it's a bit of a 'wait, what?' moment.
In any case, in spite of the slightly anticlimactic ending, that was a very interesting show! Derren's mind is bizarre. I would very much like to take a holiday there. ALSO DERREN BROWN CAN STEAL YOUR MONEY AND THEN MAKE YOU FORGET HE DID IT. TERRIFYING MAN.
How much do I want fanfiction about Derren Brown and Paul Wilson, travelling bearded con artist duo? The answer is 'very much indeed'.
EDIT: A few people are wondering whether perhaps he deliberately got it one off, and I have to confess the thought has crossed my mind. This amuses me. Even when Derren Brown apparently fails, we have such faith in him and his tricksiness that we are convinced he meant to do that. Perhaps the trick wasn't deliberately getting it one off; perhaps the trick was manipulating us all into thinking the outcome was deliberate. In the eyes of his audience, he cannot lose!
...oh, Derren. That must be tremendously embarrassing. I suppose that's the risk of doing stunts live.
(He was only one off, though! I, for one, am very impressed. Shame it doesn't count for anything money-wise. Poor bewildered Ben.)
In a way, his failure actually makes me love him more. Derren Brown is still a massive freaky genius (those parts where he determined car speeds and predicted trajectories were amazing), but he is not an infallible massive freaky genius. He took a gamble in more ways than one by performing this live, and sometimes gambles fail. He was still dapper and charming and frighteningly intelligent, so, you know, thumbs up! It was just a shame that it was the last of The Events; as an overall ending, it's a bit of a 'wait, what?' moment.
In any case, in spite of the slightly anticlimactic ending, that was a very interesting show! Derren's mind is bizarre. I would very much like to take a holiday there. ALSO DERREN BROWN CAN STEAL YOUR MONEY AND THEN MAKE YOU FORGET HE DID IT. TERRIFYING MAN.
How much do I want fanfiction about Derren Brown and Paul Wilson, travelling bearded con artist duo? The answer is 'very much indeed'.
EDIT: A few people are wondering whether perhaps he deliberately got it one off, and I have to confess the thought has crossed my mind. This amuses me. Even when Derren Brown apparently fails, we have such faith in him and his tricksiness that we are convinced he meant to do that. Perhaps the trick wasn't deliberately getting it one off; perhaps the trick was manipulating us all into thinking the outcome was deliberate. In the eyes of his audience, he cannot lose!
