When you think of a magic show, words like “amazing” and “mystifying” may come to mind. However, English “mentalist and illusionist” Derren Brown horrified viewers when he convinced a woman to eat glass.
As part of his new show, Miracle, which, according to The Mirror aired in the UK overnight, Brown performed a mind-over-matter exercise, persuading a woman only known as Sarah to chew, then actually swallow, glass.
Initially, Sarah is visibly anxious – as are members of the audience, gripping their seats as they turn away from the stage – but she listens to Brown, downing the glass shards until there was nothing left in her mouth.
Since the show aired, viewers at home have taken to Twitter to vent their concern that Brown is “a national threat”, and even gave one viewer “nothing but anxiety”.
However, others are coming to Brown’s defence, stating that the glass could’ve been made from sugar, and for people to remember that it’s only “a show”.
While the act – which Brown stresses is “no trick” – is nothing short of stupefying, perplexing even, we’d decline his offer of biting down and consuming glass every day of the week…
