But since this show was Derren's first show in America, it served more as an introduction and a 'best of' so much of it felt very familiar, of course. I wish I could have come to the show with no knowledge and no expectations, it would possibly have been the best magic show I'd ever seen. I was the ultimate fan so there was no chance I was missing this.Īnd while I'm thrilled I finally got a chance to see him live, the truth is that being the 'ultimate fan' probably diminished the potential impact this show could have had on me. So when I heard he was bringing a show to NYC I knew I had to find my way back there to see it. His TV series are great, but his specials are some of the most fascinating things I've ever watched and are, I think, such a brilliant evolution of the Derren Brown 'character.' I'm completely on board for anything he ever does. I've read all his books and I've illegally downloaded every special of his I could for the past 15 years. I've been an unabashed Derren Brown fanboy since he arrived on the scene. Someone in a real life and death situation would have a hard time remembering the choreography to whatever soft-rock, Peter Gabriel, bullshit they're supposed to be dancing to.) (Probably because the whole thing was too 'show-biz.' Note to performers: If you want people to really believe you're putting your life on the line, tone down the theatrics. When David Copperfield suspended himself over that pit of fire or whatever he called it and escaped from a straight-jacket, I think some people were probably interested, but I doubt many people were actually frightened for him. At the climax of the show, where Derren is purportedly playing Russian Roulette with a real gun on live tv, (well, on the night it originally aired it was live, not on the night we were watching it) my friend turned to me and said, 'This is terrifying.' Now, my friend has zero interest in magic, but she was really enthralled with the whole show and I was happy that she enjoyed it so much, and I was impressed that Derren was able to evoke that type of reaction because I think it's a difficult thing to do. About a month ago I was watching Derren Brown's Russian Roulette special with a friend of mine.

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