Derren Brown Svengali

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Derren Brown Svengali

Postby Jonathan Townsend » September 22nd, 2012, 12:17 pm

Any comment on the show?

knock knock?

Spooky wheelchair?

compared to his Enigma show?

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Re: Derren Brown Svengali

Postby El Mystico » September 22nd, 2012, 1:45 pm

I saw it live and watched the TV edit today.
Like some others, I thought it missed the 'Nyman Touch', and so wasn't quite as strong as his previous shows.
But - I still loved it. Let's put it like this. My daughters hate magic (my fault); they really enjoyed this show. It was a show I would recommend to anyone. And I can't think of any other magic show I'd say that of.
The filmed version was fun, with a good emphasis on audience reactions.

And, a small point, but, as a magician, I think I knew how all the Enigma stuff was done; but there were things here that I didn't catch.

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Re: Derren Brown Svengali

Postby mrgoat » September 23rd, 2012, 11:46 am

I saw the opening night of the show and really didn't enjoy it that much. There were lots of mistakes, indeed the who.e thing had to be restarted at the beginning because of an AV issue

Some look forward to seeing the video to see how the show changed since I saw it, to see what parts he fixed

And yes, it really missed nyman


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