„The most reliable gauge of an audience’s interest is the extent to which they cough. A cough is a clear sign that a person has detached a little from the show and getting fidgety. I have heard that putting on a show is ‚the art of stopping people coughing.‘ (…) The lesson I quickly learned, which goes against every natural instinct when you are on stage showing off to people, is that they are losing interest and starting to cough, you must become quieter.“
Derren Brown: „Tricks of the mind“
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