Derren Brown: Miracle

Very similar to his previous show on British TV. It even brings less to the table with its short playtime. You can savely skip this if you have seen his earlier "miracle" shows.

In this very staged "live" performance, Derren Brown claims to be a skeptic, bad-mouths faith healing, rattles off what I assume are jokes, and performs what actually amounts to faith healing himself. I really hope the people he "healed" were plants because if they were credulous audience members, he played a very mean trick on them in convincing them that he had cured their ailments. Unfortunately, the tricks were old cliches, the humor fell flat, mostly because you couldn't keep up with the nonsense he was babbling, and the claim of skepticism was tainted by his "if you believe it, it's true" presentation. No. If it isn't true, it isn't true, no matter what you believe, and this hack is lying to you.

First let me say you can ignore all of the negative reviews because they're obviously left by people who are too cowardly to come right out and say, "I don't like it when people make me question my faith."

Yes, it's a slow-paced show, but that's because he's taking his time to demonstrate each point he has to make.

Derren's specialty is making you think. If you're not comfortable with that concept, none of his shows are for you.

I enjoy most magic shows/ films, but, Derren seemed to just stretch very basic tricks into 10-20 minute presentations.

The way he presented himself on stage and how he treated the audience was extremely annoying, also.

I'd give this one a miss.

It was all fun and games until he dropped "cow" after clumsy when referring to one of the guest volunteers.

Bye