Bang Goes That Theory
Imagine this: a comfy futon, a cup of hot, steaming cider, popcorn, and Nanny McPhee. No, not a real Nanny McPhee- not like Emma Thompson standing before you, but the movie on your TV. Some of you are probably nodding to yourself, remembering that it was on TV this past week. Sadly, I do not remember the network, I just happened upon it and got absorbed fairly quickly. This is all rather different for me because I rarely watch movies twice, but I even persevered through too many commercial breaks.
I had totally forgotten there was a little mention of the hypnotic arts. Remember? It was right before the children fake a certain illness so they would be allowed to remain in bed for the day. They are already in a bit of trepidation over Nanny McPhee’s abilities to make them do tasks they had no desire to fulfill.
One child proclaims:
I worked it out.
She’s a trained hypnotist.
That’s how she made us do those things.
Don’t look directly at her
and she can’t hypnotize us.
The scene moves on, and sure enough there is phenomena that causes the children to regret their choice to feign an illness.
Hypnosis, eh? Bang goes that theory.
Cute. Totally silly, but cute. I have been thinking about these little bits of ideas and at first my sometimes over-sensitivity to misguided thoughts about hypnosis began to feel the itch of irritation. But it faded as quickly as it stung. And I realized it might be a better portrayal of the hypnosis phenomena then I credited it.
With the idea that in hypnosis, you do not do anything that goes against your being, the children did not experience hypnosis. Therefore because Nanny McPhee used something other than hypnosis on the children to exert her will and teach the children needed lessons, it was not hypnosis as all.
Bang goes that theory.
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