Derren Brown Artful Dodger

Derren Brown Tricks Uncovered

In the scene where he is taken to a location 

unknown to him, and draws a picture of a 

building after  looking at it for 10 seconds, 

he is seeing the reflection of the building 

in eyes of  the person in front of him

In Seance, where the group of students 

pick a polaroid out of a large 

number of photos, the majority pick the 

one Derren wants, because

it is the only photo where the subject 

stares (rather intently) directly into 

the camera.

"The Great Art Heist" only stole the audience's
intelligence. Most of the program focusing
on the preparation of the pensioners was mis-
direction, so that when the  heist took
place, the audience would be paying attention
to the ruse as if it was the actual plan. But,
what about the caterers? They were Darren's
team, so, did they supplant the actual caterers,
or was someone on the Art Dealer's staff in on
the joke? And since when did you have to take
your watch off to go through security? (which
is when the time on it was changed) Sure, at
the airport when you go through the x ray
machine, but there was no such machine, and,
how did Derren plant his  fake guard there in
the first place without someone on the Dealer's
staff knowing it ? This show is so unbelievable if
you look at it closely, and the Art Dealer either
had to be in on it, or, some of his staff did, or, he's
a complete idiot.

I'm certain Mr. Brown doesn't care if his tricks are
exposed...he's rich enough by now, and he has
only contempt for his audience. To his favor, he
has never claimed to have psychic powers, and has
been involved in debunking psychics and tele-
vangelists. I've seen all his live shows and T.V.
series on U Tube for free...(I'd rather not contribute
to his purchase of another yacht). The few
examples I gave, I'm sure I could expand on with
further scrutiny of his material....but, why bother?
Mr. Brown is not so much a magician as he is a
master of the art of the pyme. He's an honest
charlatan, which may be an oxymoron, but
seems to be true. He is an artful dodger truly
in the Dickensian meaning of the phrase.