[ APPLAUSE ]
>>> WERE BACK, NOW, WITH
PSYCHOLOGICAL ILLUSIONIST DARREN
BROWN, WHOSE NETFLIX SPECIAL
"THE PUSH," QUESTIONS HOW EASILY WE CAN BE MANIPULATED AND HOWILY
WE CAN BE MANIPULATED AND HOW FAR YOU CAN PUSH SOMEBODY TO GO.
WE DECIDED TO PUT SOME OF OUR
UNSUSPECTING AUDIENCE MEMBERS TO
THE TEST THIS MORNING.
DARREN CALLS THIS THE BELL TEST.
LETS SEE HOW OUR AUDIENCE DID. >> THESE THREE PEOPLE ON THED.
>> THESE THREE PEOPLE ON THE LEFT ARE ACTORS.
THEY KNOW TO SIT DOWN AND STAND
UP EVERY TIME THEY HEAR THE
BELL.
WERE GOING TO SEND IN OUR FIRST
PERSON WHO WILL BE GIVEN NO
INSTRUCTION AT ALL, OTHER THAN
TO FILL OUT THE SURVEY AND WILL
BE PLACED NEXT TO THE OTHER THREE.CED NEXT TO THE OTHER
THREE. NOPE.
NOPE.
SHE SAT DOWN. THATS NOT GOOD.
I THINK WE CAN TAKE OUR FIRST
PERSON BACK OUT.
HERE WE GO.
OUR NEXT LADY. AND NOW, PRESS THE BELL.
THE ACTORS WILL SIT DOWN.
AND SHE FOLLOWS SUIT.
AGAIN.
AGAIN. PERFECT.
PERFECT. GREAT.
GREAT.
SHES GREAT. NOW, WE GET THE NEXT PERSON IN.
AND UP.
AND UP. NICE.
NICE. THEY MUST FEEL LIKE THEYVE
MISSED AN INSTRUCTION, LIKE THE
OTHERS HAVE BEEN TOLD WHAT TO DO
AND THEY HAVENT.
NEXT.
NEXT. AND SIT.
AND SIT. ITS GOING TO BE INCONVENIENT
FOR HER TO STAND.
WELL SEE.
WELL SEE.
AND UP.
EXCELLENT.
NOW, WERE GOING TO REMOVE THE THREE ACTORS, LEAVING US WITH A
LINE OF THESE FOUR LADIES, WHO
HAVE BEEN GIVEN NO INSTRUCTION
TO STAND OR SIT DOWN WITH THE
BELL.
BELL.
WELL SEE IF THEY ARE STILL DOING IT ON THEIR OWN.TILL
DOING IT ON THEIR OWN. THERE YOU GO.
THE WOMAN AT THE END, NOT HAPPY.
JUST PURE SOCIAL COMPLIANCE.
AND WELL JUST KEEP GOING LIKE
THIS, REALLY.
THIS, REALLY. SHE HAS REBELLED.
SHE HAS REBELLED.
SHES STOOD UP AGAINST THE
SYSTEM.
SYSTEM.
GOOD FOR HER. [ APPLAUSE ].
[ APPLAUSE ] >> THAT WAS AWESOME.
DARREN, THAT WAS AMAZING.
LADIES, LETS TALK ABOUT --
CYNTHIA, WE HAVE TO START WITH
YOU.
YOU. YOU GOT A LITTLE SICK OF THAT
BELL AT THE END THERE.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
I DID.
SCREW THE BELL. >> WAS THERE ANY THOUGHT IN ANY
OF YOUR FRIENDS WHILE YOURE
DOING THAT?
DOING THAT? LIKE, WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. I THOUGHT THAT.
I WAS CONFUSED HOW PEOPLE WERE
SITTING DOWN AND -- CAN I JUST
SIT DOWN AND WRITE THIS SURVEY,
PLEASE?
PLEASE?
>> WHATS THE PROBLEM?
FOR YOU, TERRI, YEAH. WHAT WAS YOUR THOUGHT?
YOU WALKED OUT.
YOU DIDNT DO IT.
>> NO.
>> NO. I WAS LED OUT.
I JUST SAT.
I WAS LIKE, WERE HAVING TO
WRITE THIS.
WRITE THIS. >> WHATS WRONG WITH THESE
PEOPLE OVER HERE?
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. I ASKED THE LADY NEXT TO ME.
DO WE HAVE TO STAND.
SHE JUST WENT -- SO, I JUST SAT
DOWN.
DOWN.
>> WHY DID THEY STAND AND SIT? WHY?HY DID THEY STAND AND SIT?
WHY?
>> I THINK OUR FEAR OF NOT
FITTING IN IS JUST SUCH A BIG PART OF LIFE. JUST SUCH A BIG
PART OF LIFE. THERES A GREAT EXPERIMENT WHERE
YOU CAN HAVE THE PLANTS IN THE
ROOM GIVE A WRONG ANSWER.
AND THE ONE REAL PERSON WILL
JOIN IN WITH THE WRONG ANSWER,
EVEN THOUGH ITS WRONG BECAUSE
YOU WANT TO FIT IN, WHICH IS
WHAT THIS IS.
CONGRATULATIONS.
CONGRATULATIONS. WAS IT CYNTHIA?
STANDING UP AT THE END THERE.
>> THEY SAY THIS IS A DYNAMIC
EVEN IN TROUBLE SITUATIONS.
YOU KNOW, WHERE SOMEONE IS
GETTING HARASSED OR BULLIED
OUTSIDE OF THE SUBWAY OR
SOMETHING.
SOMETHING.
AND TO ASK ONE PERSON TO STAND UP AND SEPARATE FROM THE GROUP,
TO STOP IT, IS EXTRA HARD, EVEN
THOUGH IT MAY BE A VERY GOOD
PERSON BECAUSE YOURE ASKING
THEM IN A GROUP OF STRANGERS TO
BEHAVE DIFFERENTLY THAN THE
GROUP.
GROUP.
>> TO STAND UP. WE DID AN EXPERIMENT WITH SMOKE
COMING IN UNDER A DOOR.
EVERYBODY IS IN ON IT BUT ONE
PERSON.
PERSON.
AND THE ONE PERSON WILL SAY, THERES AN EMERGENCY, IF NOBODY
DOES ANYTHING.
DOES ANYTHING.
AND THEY DONT.
THEY DONT DO IT. THE ANSWER IS TO DEVELOP A KIND
OF HERO MENTALITY THATS JUST
SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO HAVE
IN THE BACK OF OUR MINDS.
WERE AWARE THAT THIS GOES ON.
THATS ALL IT IS.
WHY I DO SHOWS LIKE THIS, TO
HAVE A KNOWLEDGE THIS IS THE
NORM.
NORM.
THIS IS HOW THINGS GENERALLY ARE. IS HOW THINGS GENERALLY
ARE.
AND TO HAVE THE LITTLE THING AT
THE BACK OF YOUR MIND WHEN YOU
REHEARSE THE IDEA OF STEPPING UP
TO IT.
WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN, IT ISNT SO SCARY.T DOES HAPPEN, IT ISNT SO
SCARY.
YOURE LIKE, THIS IS THE THING TO DO.LIKE, THIS IS THE THING
TO DO. >> TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT, OUR
INSTINCTS ARE TO MAKE US LIKE
LEMMINGS, TO WALK ALONG.
THATS WHAT OUR INSTINCTS ARE
TELLING US TO DO AND TO HAVE
THAT AWARENESS.
THAT AWARENESS. MAYBE UNDERSTANDING THIS IS MY
NATURE, I WILL CHOOSE SOMETHING
ELSE.
ELSE.
YOU HAVE TO WATCH THE SHOW TO SEE WHAT CHOICE CHRIS MADE.TO
SEE WHAT CHOICE CHRIS MADE. AND THERE ARE A LOT OF SURPRISES
IN "THE PUSH."
MY JAW WAS LIKE, OH, MY GOD.
YOULL SEE THE JOURNEY.
ILL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
DARREN, THANK YOU FOR SHARING
THIS WITH US.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.