Stephen & Derek, thanks for bringing this extraordinary work to a wider audience. (Hulu in Jan 2021.)

This show is truly amazing. It was funny but it wasn't a comedy, there were lots of tears but it wasn't a drama and there was magic but it wasn't a magic show...it was just like life in that way- an experience that is truly up to you.

@patrickbedruz6475

2 жыл бұрын

Wow spot on, beautifully put!

I just watched this on Hulu a couple days ago. Just thinking about it, my eyes well up a little. It's truly a masterpiece of honest fiction and magical nonfiction.

I have to say that this show was astounding. Saying anything more is a disservice to the experience. Delgaudio is amazing, and the talent supporting him shines through. This is an absolute must-see if you have the opportunity - it’s a completely unique production

So 3 years later, who here finally watched it?

@Robby_Rob

3 жыл бұрын

Omg tonight haha it was incredible

@raycongfs

3 жыл бұрын

I'm shook son 😳

@maryrosenberg9026

3 жыл бұрын

It was fantastic!!! Recommending to everyone....

@patrickbedruz6475

3 жыл бұрын

hahaha did just yesterday because they mentioned it on Bad Friends Podcast.

@naynays1206

3 жыл бұрын

@@patrickbedruz6475 me too!

Thank you Bad Friends for exposing this masterpiece by Derek to me!

@MsTICTAK

3 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah. Just got done with watching it. And I can say one word....”wow”

@patrickbedruz6475

3 жыл бұрын

@@MsTICTAKhaha yeah wow indeed i didnt know what to say either. Made me tear up in the beginning and at the end blowing snot bubbles like Bobby lol

@brendanwettergreen7041

3 жыл бұрын

What episode of Bad Friends do they talk about his show?

@patrickbedruz6475

3 жыл бұрын

@@brendanwettergreen7041 Episode 51, 12minutes in. =) kzread.info/dash/bejne/dJlnpZeLmZabhdI.html

@lukechristiansen4412

3 жыл бұрын

Santino and Segura are the reason I watched it initially, I've watched it 4 times since

I watched it last night and then again this morning with my mom. Thats how much I loved it 😅

Saw this on Hulu the other day. Blew my goddamn mind lol

I’ve been trying to find the words to describe what I just witnessed. This is a moving emotional piece of art and wonder. I’ve never seen anything like this before. At this moment I’m still moved and I don’t really know why. I’m processing. Thank you to the podcast, Movie Crush w/ Chuck Bryant for this recommendation. I didn’t know what to expect but since it came from my favorite movie podcast I didn’t hesitate to give it a go. And I’m grateful. Wow. It’s a show that needs to be witnessed. To be discussed with your friends and family. To be contemplated on with your true identity. Is Derek Delgaudio an artistic genius? Yes, but he’s also many other things. Just like I am. Enjoy your Superbowl Sunday. from, a father, a brother, a son, a BFF, a boyfriend, a human, a lost explorer, a SYSK and Movie Crush fan, a basketball player, a student, a healer, an addict, a work in progress, and whatever you all choose to see me as. 😂🤣😂

Thank you Stephen for producing the film about this show! It really shook me to my core. It left me with so many unanswered questions, but not in a hopeless way - I am curious and eager to go out into the world and find the answers.

I watched it on Hulu last night, posted on my social media right afterward to my friends and family that they should watch it as soon as possible, then watched it myself again. Thank you, Derek.

It's the Nanette of Magic Shows. BRILLIANT

I saw the show on Hulu & it is especially moving!! I didn't expect to cry while watching an illusionist perform but then again magic is not the main attraction but a way to hammer home certain points that Derek wants to make. Well worth the time!!

Watched this last night on Hulu...amazing!!!👍👍👍👍👍

I saw this back in May and it truly is a unique incredible experience, well worth it!

@ewhoyer

6 жыл бұрын

There are "tricks" or illusions throughout, but it is not jam-packed like a regular magic show, and the impact/effect of those presentations are to move the evening along and both supplement and enhance the "story"

4:41 "These labels that we give ourselves and give each other are the limitations that we have."

@thenorwegian76

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's a profound statement.

@cnicholas25

3 жыл бұрын

I feel that

@josetato

3 жыл бұрын

No shit. I just dont understand.....isnt this common sense/knowledge?

It’s the best show a 1 man show can be! It’s EXCELLENT and Derek is an extremely talented magician & story teller in and of himself.

In & Of Itself had me weeping for reasons of joy and sadness and reasons still unknown ... powerful

'In & Of Itself' is one of THE BEST things I've ever seen!

Stephen loved it so much he executive produced it into a a thing you can watch on Hulu. Thanks, Stephen!

Saw this show last night. If you're in the city while it's on it's run and you have $80 for the ticket, go. Don't worry about the reviews, or finding out more about what the show is about. Just go. It's really, really amazing, and I'm having a little bit of trouble fully digesting what I just saw.

Just saw the AMAZING Hulu show, had a chuckle when I saw this video on the side bar considering who exec produced the film.

In and Of Itself isn't a play or a magic show. It is nothing short of a spiritual experience.

what’s wild is that they managed to accurately describe everything in the show to a T without saying anything at all. is this part of the experience?? an interview disguised as promotion for the show but is actually an easter egg for people who’ve already seen it??? i think my mind just blew up for the 7th time thanks to Derek and his genius mind

Thank you for this masterpiece. I heard about it few years ago and I really wanted to see the show , unfortunately 10000 miles away is the reason I couldn’t see live performance. Finally Hulu released. Thank you. I dropped tears. Thank you, Derek and Frank. You are geniuses. 🙏

Thanks for bringing this to HULU. Just watched it and it was amazing,

I have to see this show again! It was the most mesmerizing magic show I've ever seen.

@joolieshinythings

6 жыл бұрын

I'm never going to be able to see it, can you give us spoilers?

@lyricessence

3 жыл бұрын

@@joolieshinythings Watch the film of the show.

He's incredible.

Just watched it the other night. Incredible, will never forget it. And I forget most things

The most amazing experience. I'm so happy this exists.

More than ever I feel like by not being near New York I am missing out lol. I am intrigued and want desperately to see this show!

@lyricessence

3 жыл бұрын

Watch it on Hulu. I just did.

If Seth MacFarlane and Jason Alexander had a secret lovechild...

@nullunit

6 жыл бұрын

I was thinking he looked like Fred Savage's little brother or something but you nailed it.

@carpaintings

6 жыл бұрын

nullunit Ben Savage’s brother too! I see it too!

@eganator2285

6 жыл бұрын

A bit of Jim Jefferies thrown in for good measure as well:)

@walerk0

6 жыл бұрын

may I ask, why do you feel the urge to comment on every video of this show?

Wish I was in New York, I'm so intrigued

@MarioLurig

6 жыл бұрын

I literally flew to NYC to see this show (from CO). No regrets.

@cangscan

6 жыл бұрын

Saw it tonight. It was brilliant!

@beppo2814

3 жыл бұрын

It's on Hulu now, so you can watch the whole thing in the comfort of your own home (executive produced by Stephen Colbert, no less).

His show is on Hulu and it’s spectacular!!

Watch this on Hulu now. It is incredible

Just watched it and yeah it's incredible. It's not like it changed my life or my entire way of thinking or anything like that. BUT it's way more than just a magic show. That was real art and I think the people who have seen it life will never forget it.

it was the best show ive ever seen

Sounds awesome...

Sounds like a theatrical depiction of one of my favourite short stories: 'Ruinas Circulares', by Jorge Luis Borges

I so badly want to see this..I'm hoping to do so when at Toy Fair

I watched it last night! I loved it!....it's a unique movie where you don't want to say too much about it to someone who hasn't seen it cuz you want them to experience it. (tears were shed)

Super amazing show!

This is the Colbert double fist bump

Amazing show, it’s a must watch. I would love to know how he does that at the end and with the letter.

I'm in Germany and this makes me wanna get on a plane and go see this mystery

@narrengold

6 жыл бұрын

Genau das habe ich mir auch gedacht. Möglicherweise, wenn wir nur lange genug danach suchen, finden wir so etwas auch hier...und trotzdem würde ich diese Show gerne sehen.

@mendypeters8489

6 жыл бұрын

Nichts hier so cool..:)

@narrengold

6 жыл бұрын

Jap, we're born to be boring. The only interesting thing about this "Jamaika"- discussion here is the word "Jamaika". Wir sind so langweilig, das wir für die gestressten Amerikaner schon wieder interessant sind ;-) So wie die gestressten Kölner, die während des Karnevals, zu uns in den Norden flüchten. You're welcome North Rhine-Westphalia.

@o.b.7217

6 жыл бұрын

Small correction: it's "(air-)plane", not "plain". Plane is short for "Flugzeug", Plain is "Ebene" or "Flachland".

@theconezy

3 жыл бұрын

It is coming to Hulu in the US on Jan 22 not sure about Germany

Oh look it's the American Jim Jefferies.

@entlvr35

6 жыл бұрын

I like Jim...

Seen thansk to Disney+ - and YES it was awesome - how the hell did he do that??

Thank you to #1 chomo-chaser Tommy Bunz for sending me here. Loved this film! Not a Colbert fan, whose jeans are usually too low & loose, but thanks for following proto and producing this gem of a film. I see you, Derek.

@crackerbarreIkid55

3 жыл бұрын

I love you my king above 18

If anyone from the uk is watching....to see this buy it from youtube canada via a VPN....im sure itll come around but I couldnt wait and its worth a watch

I love Derek's idea. Too often, we label and judge people by titles, professions etc. When is this show coming to Los Angeles?

@lindabrito4642

6 жыл бұрын

The show debut in L.A. last year.

I'm intrigued, but unfortunately I don't live in USA, so someday, I hope.

It’s on Hulu now. Go watch it

come to Malaysia Derek!

It's a great show.

This show is a good way to help awaken people into seeing past contracted illusion. But it only gives a glimps of what awakening is about and like

Watched this last night on Hulu - just astonishing. Can't stop thinking about it. See it!!!

@chrstphrluis2206

3 жыл бұрын

Did you cry too? Lol

i wish i saw it live

Wow

I wish I could see that show, it sounds incredible. But just getting to New York and then getting tickets to a 150 seat show on Broadway means the odds are *grossly* stacked against me.

@LikeTheBuffalo

6 жыл бұрын

Raoul Fleckman But then I'd have to go to New York, and it so much easier to stay here in Hollywoo where I can contact my weed guy... and my pills guy... and my coke guy.

@joolieshinythings

6 жыл бұрын

A+ for Hollywoo

@charlotte8299

6 жыл бұрын

they got it wrong, its actually off-broadway, not broadway. tickets arent hard to come by (i know, i work there!). if youre ever in NY id give it a shot, it sells out but its not something youd need to sell an arm and a leg to a scalper for like hamilton

This show has been way underrated! It was incredibly creative on so many levels. If you want to experience a paradigm shift, watch this show! And if you consider yourself intellectual, you'll love it. There's a lot of surprises throughout. He uses magic, illusions, story telling, and psychology to facilitate self-discovery. It goes deep. Pay attention. You may need to watch it twice to get the full gist of it! I know I will be watching it again with my teens!

Really need to get Ellen on the show or you need to guest star on hers. I'd love to see your comedy styles come together. Love the show!

I hope at some point I atleast get to read it

Dude kinda resembled Jim Jefferies in the thumbnail, just me…?

Humans are complicated and mysterious. I hope to be surprised.

Ha!!! Steven was the idiot. Makes total sense now! I just watched the hulu movie

A movie of this - directed by Frank Oz - will be on Hulu on January 21. For anyone who saw the show onstage, can ANY capture of a single performance - no matter how brilliantly it may be filmed - do justice to the experience? (I'm still watching it, though!)

@beppo2814

3 жыл бұрын

This comment is 4 months old. Have you seen the Hulu show? What's your verdict?

@Memo2Self

3 жыл бұрын

@@beppo2814 Hi. Just breathtaking. The "letters" segment is especially mind-boggling. I have no idea how the CONTENT of it happens, but I think the only thing to keep in mind is that he's spent a lot of the early part of the show demonstrating that he's a master playing card manipulator, which could certainly come into play with the envelopes. But beyond that... A tremendously moving experience.

@brownichun4632

2 жыл бұрын

@@Memo2Self IKR? How is this even possible?! I do think I figured out the gold brick ended up where it did tho.

Colbert was an executive producer on this sooo

Roulettista 🃏🔫

Stephen's twitter bio makes sense now

@5hirtandtieler

6 жыл бұрын

Morgan W Im pretty sure Jimmy Falon went to the show as well since his bio just reads "astrophysicist"!

I just watched this on Crave. Holy crap and wow and pass the tissues. Amazing,..

@tom7530

3 жыл бұрын

I totally had the feels.. watched it with my daughter.. so grateful

Colbert was the executive producer of the show and he’s acting like he doesn’t know anything about it 😂

@MadMagicianGaming

9 ай бұрын

He executive produced the filmed version for Streaming, not the live show. And he became a producer only it after watching it live.

VINCENTE D'NAFRIO ..IF HE WAS A MAJICIAN

This is the most unspecific and difficult explanation of a show.

Dad?

So it took 3 years to bring this to Hulu. Wow. Wonder what took so long? (Maybe they wanted the run to finish? That’s the only explanation I can think of.)

Derek needs a better elevator pitch. Colbert described his own show better than him.

Talks just like kimmel

Stephen picked the idiot card for comedy, Trump picked it off the board with his eyes closed using the force.

@alicepenny446

6 жыл бұрын

I think Colbert genuinely picked the card. He, like a lot of us, sees himself as an idiot. If you have a genuine understanding of comedy/show business then you have to realize that it's all ridiculous. Wonderful, but ridiculous. I reckon, from what he's said before, that he sees it that way. (but yes about Trump)

@sheridan7475

6 жыл бұрын

Alice Penny smart people are humble

Dart is fifty today. You won’t get that unless you actually worked there. But if you did…I love you.

ah, Stephen, you have a magician on and you don't have him to do magic?

The show was not very good. The secrets are obvious. The brick is placed by accomplices, after the location is determined. The identities are "defined" like all the psychics do. They have people watching which cards are selected and feed over an ear piece. The letters were obviously written in advance by friends and family who were basically in on it. Advanced ticket purchasers were identified and their friends, parents, cousin, etc were asked to write letters. The audience member was observed selecting their "identity" so they could be called down to select the letter. The only thing at all interesting about the show was the card tricks and you only get a few minutes of that wrapped in mumbo jumbo and tediously slow paced with excessive pauses and delays. The show should have been about half as long as it was. If you have ever watched the guy that debunks psychics, it's all pretty obvious.

@richmond4164

2 жыл бұрын

I think you might've missed the point 😅 In the film version he literally says "It's really easy to lie on stage. Even easier in a film. I'm not expecting you to believe anything I say or do tonight" but then goes onto say "you can see it for what it is, or for what it could be". He's saying you can see the magic tricks for the cheap tricks they are which is really easy to do, or you can see it for the metaphors he's using them as, in relation to the story he's telling. Try watching it again and think about how each trick he does doesn't just relate to the story he's told, but says something about the story itself. **[Spoiler Alert]** For example, the brick represented loss of innocence, and learning to associate meanings to things as dictated by others like the hateful terms associated with his mother, thrust upon her by bigots. He talks about how before we're corrupted by certain kinds of hateful knowledge like that, the world and our interpretation of it is pure. He makes the brick disappear as a statement, to demonstrate the longing of his character to return to innocence before he learned about labels and believed them, before they were used to manipulate him into being ashamed of his mother's pride, before it was used to determine his prescribed, self-fulfilling destiny as foretold by the man in the bar at the start. So all in all, the point of the show wasn't to wow you with unbelievable tricks, it was to use those tricks to tell a story and convey a message. The tricks were just set dressing to make it interesting. That's why he only did like 4 or 5 of them, because the tricks aren't the point. He used them in the same way another movie might use CGI or have action scenes; the movie doesn't expect you to believe those things really happened and were captured on film, but it asks you to suspend belief for a minute in service of the story/message. Hope that helps re-contextualise it for you maybe. Either way, have a nice day :)

Liked the show but why do i have a feeling like its meant for gender fluidity ,it kinda pushes on that emphasis

@beppo2814

3 жыл бұрын

It doesn't. At all. Not one single bit. Maybe you're seeing something in yourself that you're not aware of.

@richmond4164

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, not really about gender identity at all. It's just about identity in general. Who do we see ourselves as? Who do people try and tell us we are? How much should we believe that? It's as much about a trucker who wants to be a musician, as it is about a stoic wanting to be vulnerable, a writer wanting to be a handyman, a nobody wanting to be a somebody, or any other infinite number of scenarios. Technically, a girl wanting to be a boy or vice versa fits within that, but if that's the first thing that comes to mind when you think about the show I'd say you're projecting a little. It might just be something that's prescient in your mind atm is all. Don't think the show really touched on it at all.

I get that the show is probably amazing, but why promote a show on national TV that less than a percent of a percent of a percent of the audience can even see? And that's all this is is promotion of the show. Oh well, guess he'll have a sold out run.

@justfetus

6 жыл бұрын

You've got your math wrong there. This show isn't in Alaska, it's in NYC. The NY Metropolitan Area has 20 mil people in it, and that's a fairly small radius away from Manhattan. That's 6% of the US population already. If you include other major cities and towns within easy driving distance (less than 4 or 5 hours), that adds a hell of a lot more; consider Philadelphia, DC, Baltimore. How about the millions of people that fly into NYC regularly? or to put it more simply, ever heard of Hamilton? or any Broadway show? Are you against promoting those too?

@errcoche

6 жыл бұрын

Because as an artist he is is in awe of what he sees as great art and he wants to promote it. He gets to do that. It was interesting to see somebody other than the usual suspects get his chance in the chair.

@archeknight5104

6 жыл бұрын

I think you misunderstood his point, or at least as I took it. He is in a very small venue.

@tiffany02020

6 жыл бұрын

I kinda get the feeling Stephen saw the show and was like "him. I want him on my show." Haha. The guy seemed kinda out of his element. In a humble he's not a super star kinda way. It was a poignant interview if nothing else.

@lindabrito4642

6 жыл бұрын

I flew from California to see the show last week. My sister flew from Oregon to see the show.

He got less and less viewers in his videos lately. He only want people to believe what he told, not what is real and sadly there are people actually believe what he said.

@bonesonstones1

6 жыл бұрын

ibobpeb plaub what are you talking about?