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Quotes from Absolute Magic - A Model for Powerful Close-Up Performance — Derren Brown

born 1971 England

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Few things make me more livid than insulting bad theatre of any sort. Conversely, perfectly realised and exquisitely elegant performance can move me deeply and reduce me to sobbing like a big girl.

Absolute Magic - A Model for Powerful Close-Up Performance (2003)

One minute she is a sweet old silly, knitting herself a set of syringe covers and talking about her favourite flowers, and the very next moment she has told you and your friends she has a ring supporting the back of her vagina.

Absolute Magic - A Model for Powerful Close-Up Performance (2003)

Magicians do not, as a rule, presume that their audiences are intelligent and sensitive enough to want the magic to be challenging and cathartic. This is not a healthy starting point, for it stultifies magic and leaves it too close to children’s entertainment.

Absolute Magic - A Model for Powerful Close-Up Performance (2003)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Derren Brown (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.