He Is Full Of Compassion, Like A Snake.

[rionaleonhart]

So. 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!

Comments

[petrol.livejournal.com]

I really want to give Derren a hug now. :(

[littlemoose.livejournal.com]

My dad reckons he wasn't actually in a real casino and therefore had to fail, otherwise he'd have had to give Ben a large amount of money, whereas this way, he just has to give him back his own. Cynic.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_afterism/]

This was exactly I how felt at the end! But, it's still Derren, and I'm beginning to think that, once again, he just outright lied to us for an hour.

[dracothelizard.livejournal.com]

"those parts where he determined car speeds"

I feel that somehow this needs to be tied into a Top Gear crossover.

[make-a-move.livejournal.com]

When he said "I will be ringing one of you shortly. There will be a camera crew outside your house" I had a momentary panic of 'oh my, what if it's me? I'm in my pyjamas', and then I remembered that I don't have £5,000. But then I thought 'but what if Derren Brown made me forget that I did?' and then I told myself to shut up.

[th-esaurus.livejournal.com]

Quick summary, if it's not too much bother? I didn't watch it tonight.

[rimon.livejournal.com]

You are getting me more curious about Derren Brown by the day.

[reipan.livejournal.com]

I find your status racist, my dear. How do you know that snakes aren't full of compassion?

[amy-wolf.livejournal.com]

A rare parrot has sex with a cameraman's head while an amused Stephen Fry watches! And then it goes on Derren Brown's blog!

http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/10/parrot-amorous-cameramans-head/

I think the universe just imploded there. Although the parrot seemed to enjoy himself.

ETA: And the comments go straight for "Derren, have your parrots ever tried that on you?"