Question: When someone is “hypnotized” in a hypnotist show, are they really hypnotized?
Or are they acting? I recently had grad night for me and it was at GameWorks. They had a hypnosis show and they had volunteers from some of my fellow grads (like me) and they were “hypnotized.” However I couldn’t tell if the stuff they were doing was part of the “hypnosis” or if they were acting.

For example the hypnotist would say there is an earthquake, and they would like shake like if there really was. Even though there really wasn’t any. Or he would say it smells really bad and they would each cover their noses with a disgust in their face. It was cool haha.

Answer:

Answer by Anna
I was hypnotized at a county fair once. I’m sorry to have to tell you this, but it’s fake. The whole thing is just audience members entertaining audience members. The hypnotist tests your “hypnotizing ability” at the beginning of the show, which basically just weeds out the unwilling participants, people who wont act. The point is to find the “fun ones” that like the attention and the novelty of being able to do these absurd things and not having to take any personal respobsibility for them. The hypnotist needs these kind of people in order to make a good show (and for them not to tell). Then the hypnotist tells you exactly what to do and you do it. He will say or demonstrate something and the volunteers follow suit. Some people claim that they really were hypnotized. These people are most likely lieing for the effect or very easily suggestible. Either way, hypnotism isnt legitimate. But it’s entertainment and whats wrong with that?