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The
mind is very powerful, and it is quite easy to tap into the
subconscious, especially when you are lured into a hypnotic
state. This is the specialty of comedy hypnotist Justin Tranz,
who performs at O'Shea's at the Las Vegas Hilton on the Strip.
"Are you guys ready to have some
fun?" Tranz asked the audience 10pm Friday night on Nov.
19th. He began the evening by doing some simple exercises with
the audience. He told us to concentrate and close our eyes.
Next he put us in a kind of meditative state by telling us that
our arms felt like balloons that will float away. Most of the
audience's arms then rose up to the ceiling.
According to Tranz, "When hypnosis is
practiced often, you can quit smoking, drinking and lose
weight." This show was not a show to train one to lose
weight or quit smoking. Tranz's only goal was to entertain.
At one point in the show, he picked a lady
out of the audience and asked her to come onto the stage. Tranz
commanded her to concentrate on his hands. As soon as he touched
her on the shoulder and commanded her to sleep, she collapsed
into his arms and fell asleep. He kept repeating "Stiff as
a board, rigid as a ruler." He asked some male volunteers
to hold up her now stiff body. Tranz stepped onto her ribcage
and stomach, and chanted "Stiff as a board, rigid as a
ruler".
I was very curious to find out what hypnosis
was about; so I happily volunteered when Tranz asked for people
out of the audience to come up on stage.
He had us do some funny and crazy stuff. In
the beginning, there were ten volunteers, which eventually
dwindled down to five, because as the volunteers started to come
out of their hypnotic states, he would send them back to their
seats.
Hypnosis is somewhat different than I had expected.
When I was hypnotized, I was aware of what was going on, but I
was in such a suggestible state, that I could not resist what
Tranz told me.
My friend said that I had done some funny
things while hypnotized, but I can't remember some of them. He
said that Tranz had us do things like model, become Asian rappers
and use our shoes as a microphone to tell the audience that the
building was on fire.
At one point, Tranz gave everyone a good laugh
by telling the hypnotized that as soon as he touched our
shoulders, we would act as if we had heard the funniest joke in
the world. I could not stop cracking up after he touched my shoulder.
I won't forget the last two parts of the
show. Tranz had us switch roles - the females were males and the
males were females. The men acted like there were having babies,
while the women just sat there and watched.
"Get this the hell out of here,"
screamed one man who thought that he was giving birth. The 10pm
show had some adult content, but no nudity.
"When I shake your hand, it will feel
like the most intense orgasm you've ever had," Tranz said
at the end of the show.
I was quite shocked because it actually did
feel like the real thing. I would definitely recommend the show
to any brave souls. It was great experience.
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