put in a trance

“We wanted to convey this sense of mysterious salesmanship that looks pleasant, but there’s an underlying story that isn’t quite so cheery. Those spinning parts are a reference to being mesmerized, conveying that this is a fantasy and you are being put in a trance.”

Yet Smoczynska and her cast still manage to conjure something somatically beguiling, akin to being put in a trance.

"I put in a trance beat. I've added a really great street gospel choir and we share the vocals. "The people that are coming to this, they're not just coming for David Bowie, they're coming for David Bowie-plus.

One remarkable study showed that burn patients heal faster, with less pain and fewer complications, if they are put in a trance shortly after they are injured.