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Sawing Through Booths Trick


Anyone else notice that the three booths she didn't saw through had light shining through slits. The one Ross was in had no slits.

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I just watched it last night and yes i did also see that.
Although i suppose it could have been for the camera cables?

did look a bit fishy though.

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I noticed that, but I think it was an optical illusion due to the lens of the camera, which distorted the field of view to allow us to see as much of the inside as possible. That is, it was simply the opening of the door which was actually a straight line but didn't appear to be so because of the camera.

Consider:
- There did not appear to be such a slit when viewing from the outside
- It was dark inside and Ross was wearing dark clothes; a slit wouldn't help Angela
- She told the audience member to choose 3 or 4 (why not 2? because she already knew he was in there)
- Angela made her decisions when she was a considerable distance away

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This trick was soo annoying. When angela was sawing through the booths she kept going "aaahhhuhhhahhaaa", it was so agrivatting. There was nothing amazing about what she did.

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