Tomo wrote:I'd love to know who makes that casino banning allegation. Probably the same people who say he uses NLP for everything, which in itself is a massive assumption
I might be wrong but I'm pretty sure that he mentioned it way back in the days of his Mind Control series. Of course, just because he said it, doesn't make it true.
Interestingly, in one of his early series he did a bit with a 'psychologist' where he'd say a word and then write down what he thought his participant would say in response, getting a pretty good hit rate. When they interviewed the guy afterwards, he said something along the lines of: 'obviously he's using NLP but I've never seen it done to that extent before'. So, although Derren never said he used NLP, his show did have an 'expert' stating that that was what it was.
It easy to see how these rumours about his methods come to being when you view alot of his early work. Especially the really early stuff before Simon Singh gave him a dressing in the Guardian about attributing all of his effects to 'psychology'. I believe it was after that incident that Derren started using his 'magic, misdirection, psychology and showmanship' disclaimer before his shows.
