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| - I start by saying I'm a firm believer in hypnosis and the power of the mind. I'm a super analytical person, but for 9 months prior to the birth of my second child, I went to a hypnotist regularly and learned self-hypnosis techniques (I did NOT want a repeat of the experience I had delivering my first kid. I'll spare you the details...). Anyhow, it worked. I'm a believer. And my very-established OB doctor told me that, when he was in residency, he witnessed a woman who was hypnotized having a C-section - WITH NO ANAESTHESIA. Since then, he too was a believer. 'Nuff said.
That said, I really didn't know what to expect from this show. I never really considered hypnosis to be a potential form of entertainment (although it's been around, well, forever).
I was thoroughly entertained by this show.
Marc seems like a genuinely nice person who goes out of his way to ensure everyone present has a good time - including the volunteers. Particularly the volunteers. As he said repeatedly, it serves him no good purpose to have people leave his show and tell others that they had a negative experience there. So he definitely has a vested interest in everyone having a good time and a positive experience, for sure.
I believe that the participants were truly volunteers, not "plants".
The show was funny, at times outrageous, always entertaining. One person in the audience was "affected", so if you are easily susceptible to the power of persuasion, I'd advise not to follow the instructions Marc gives the volunteers at the beginning of the show when he is putting them under. I'd also advise not to volunteer to participate unless you honestly don't care if you're captured on DVD, for perpetuity, doing compromising things. (The last 10-15 minutes of the show, Marc has the participants doing raunchy acts that, I think, are embarrassing. At least, they would be for me).
My only issue with the show is that it claims to be for adults only, 18+ years old (rightfully so!). But there was a party in line ahead of us while waiting to get in, and there was a young girl in this group who couldn't have been older than 12, 13 tops. And she was allowed in to the show, with the rest of her group. During the last raunchy part of the show, I just kept thinking, wow, how inappropriate for a young girl to see and hear this (heck, it'd be inappropriate for some adults I know! LOL!). So I have a bit of a beef with the theater staff who let this young kid in. Other than that, it was a fun show and a great value (especially if you get a Goldstar or Groupon deal!).
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