Interviews · 15 May 2014
Penn & Teller We love Derren Brown
Penn & Teller interviewed by Kevin Durham, 15 May 2014. 0m 34s on tape.
In this Penn & Teller interview they talk about admiring and being friends with Derren Brown. In a recent **Penn & Teller interview**, the iconic magic duo revealed their admiration for British mentalist and illusionist Derren Brown. Known for their skeptical take on magic and illusion, Penn & Teller are not easily impressed, but they made it clear that Brown is an exception. The interview offered insights into why the legendary performers hold Brown in such high regard, praising his unique approach to magic and mind manipulation.
What's on the tape
A transcript, made by machine from the audio and tidied up. It gets names and the odd word wrong, so treat it as a way to find the bit you want rather than as a quotation. Every timestamp jumps to that moment in the video.
0:02 The word Illusionist which is kind of a term of art for a certain kind of magic is an illusion and a certain kind of magic. We don't do much of very few people do much of know the actual optical illusion type stuff so you know tricks is what we like swindles. Ripoffs yeah you know you want to build right in there the fact that you're dealing with information that's not true so you're kind of the American. Equivalent of Darren Brown do you guys know Darren Brown well Darren yeah teller's especially close to Darren I know him and we're we're we're big fans. Of Darren Brown he's he's great we uh we agree with him on everything.
