Q In Shallow Hal, self-help guru Tony Robbins hypnotizes Jack Black to see the cute little Gwyneth Paltrow in a 300-pound woman. Possible?
A Sorta. ''What I did in that elevator is what I do in real life,'' explains the famous unlocker of potential, who claims to ''condition'' people to fall for folks who aren't their visual ideal. Robbins adds that a sustained state of hypnosis isn't possible and Black's jolting experience is a fanciful interpretation of his method -- which is more about counseling than hypnosis. But don't ask trained hypnotherapists for your own Gwynnie goggles; they might think you, well, shallow. Says Dr. Richard Harte: ''I would certainly not work with someone like that.''
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