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salsa_dancer Inner circle 1935 Posts |
Derren,
As you are at the forefront of the art, it is inevitable that you are going to become the object of imitators. As flattering as this is how do you feel about this? I shall pose this in two parts. Firstly, when someone performs an effect that you do in a sub-standard fashion, thereby tipping the method, do you feel that weakens or strengthens your own position as a performer in the public eye? Secondly, how do you feel about beginners using your style as a starting block for their own careers before evolving their own? On a final note. Honestly, how annoyed do you really get when people just ask you how you do a certain effect, and if the bullet was real? Regards, Richard |
DerrenBrown V.I.P. 109 Posts |
Richard,
I've enjoyed your posts here and elsewhere when I've looked at sites. It's a tricky question to answer. I think it's just inevitable, as you say, and it's pointless having strong opinions on it. I just try and come up with effects that most magicians won't be able to work out (!). I haven't seen anyone do an effect of mine, let alone badly, so I don't know how to answer the first part. I've heard of the odd person (you know who you are) pretty much doing my entire act after seeing the stage show (the first half is roughly my cabaret show), and that was galling. Especially as I knew the guy. As for beginners using my style to start off, I guess that makes sense. We've all done it in one way or another. I don't think I've coined any particularly original approach to mentalism, although I do try and really commit to it. But there are a hundred possible ways of approaching it, and most of them far away from the 'psychic vs. psychological' agenda. I know of very few people who do think outside of that box. But it makes sense to copy someone else's style at first, and ridiculous and hypocritical to argue that it shouldn't happen. (I just don't want to see it.) Equally, I hear about younger performers being accused of aping my style, and it turns out to be nonsense. I saw Luke Jermay give a show a while back, and after hearing and reading bits here and there, I expected a sort of copy. Couldn't have been further from the truth: he was delightful, original, and far more self-effacing than I could ever hope to be. So I don't worry about that any more. I don't get annoyed if people ask me how to do a certain effect. I can answer extremely coherently, fully, and honestly, without saying anything. No-one really asks about the bullet, though for a while the phrase 'blanks would still kill you' was permanently poised on the tip of my tongue. Cheers Richard, db |
aaronhemmings New user 21 Posts |
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On 2004-09-14 07:19, DerrenBrown wrote: If they're in doubt, why not offer to demonstrate? |
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