[Magic] can be poorly presented and surrounded by naffness, and often amounts to little more than childish attempts to fool you. I guess it's largely to escape those associations that I've gone the route I have. (Derren Brown)

[Magic] can be poorly presented and surrounded by naffness, and often amounts to little more than childish attempts to fool you. I guess it's largely to escape those associations that I've gone the route I have.

Derren Brown

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