psych out

In 1969, he was the stunt double for Bruce Dern in the psychedelic cult classic “Psych-Out,” which starred Jack Nicholson and Susan Strasberg.

Then, another layer above that, there’s Montero’s own refereeing of the discourse—whether it’s clapping back at the Republican governor of South Dakota, trolling those who demanded remorse for the Satan shoes with a psych-out fake apology, and even playfully pretending to banish SNL to blazes.

It's not just about moving the pieces but how one uses the hands, the posture, the psych-out body language.

A lot of those moves were modeled on Muhammad Ali’s, especially his psych-out job on Sonny Liston.

Across the field, Vanessa is making a show of getting into her blocks, running through her psych-out routine.