Part of the interview was the replaying of a clip of Sylvia's pronouncement to the Hornbecks that she sensed Shawn was dead. It was almost as if she had struck them. And after that, to not speak with them without her usual fees...
At that one part where Anderson jumped in and asked if she thought Shawn were still dead, I got the sense that Rossi was trying to inject something about Shawn's mental condition. That maybe he had in some sense changed 'like death' and was a willing participant in his abuse. If so I am glad they cut that off, their "Ministry" has done quite enough for the family. Such a callous rationalization for Sylvia's mistake would be right up their garbage strewn alley. Check back here in a few weeks and see if I'm not right. They will expand on that thought. "JREF time stamped prediction"
A parent who has lost a child deserves better than what Sylvia offers.
I thought Randi did fine, he does not strike me as a cranky old guy but could I tell if he were? humm. A review of previous transcripts with skeptics shows that without some firm assertion the psychics will do all the talking and seem in control of the interview. They can't expect skeptics to be dead, or Sylvia's crew would throw in a reading.
Just an opinion, but we underestimate what excellent performers psychics are, and their command of a stage.
Something about Sylvia allows her to charge $740 for a reading, she has some skillz that have nuttin to do with talkin' to the dead.
Randi might not represent a proper foil for
all the nonsense in the world, but he
is Sylvia's "arch enemy" as the media likes to describe. (If he were wearing a black top hat & carrying a dragonhead cane that would be sooo awesome.)
My cynical side says that the media likes the battles framed as black and white, good vs evil, and unresolved so that they can come back on a later show. -shrug-
The end was a little out of control.
It would be good to have a specific 'bite' ready that can be thrown out for people to think about on their own after the show. Leaven as it were, for the skeptical bread.
), I agree with the notion of a slight modification of his mass media image. Sure, we all know what he's really like, but how many others outside the skeptical community can say that? I think an appearance on the Daily Show would be a good start. Hell, I'm suprised Jon Stewart hasn't mentioned this whole Syliva Browne debacle already.
