David Blaine....what the fuck

How is this magic? Discuss....

He calls it more of a very physical sort of performance art.

When is he getting out?

...then he stabs customer in eye with the saber, he sics his cat on performers and they maul them onstage.

But in my country that's considered magic.

LOL....ain't heard that in a while.

From the Jerky Boys prank call tapes.

I always get him mixed up with the guy who got bit by the snake:

"and then I played doodooledoo, and he don't like it"

he hit my eye, he .... poison eye

Floating in a bubble of water.....what the heck is that about?

His shows typically contain one or two cool tricks, followed by the big release, which is performsnce art. Not to diss preformace art, but magic has a history that makes it his own.

If you want to see a real magician, Criss Angel is wayyyyyyyyyyyy bettter than Blaine. Although Angel likes to throw some preforemance art into his performances.

aren't his 15 minutes up already?

I could not have said it better myself. :)

Sheeple will watch two hours of blather just to see something stupid. (he's going to hold his breath for nine minutes).

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He started out as the best magician in decades, doing incredible tricks on the streets. His first couple of TV specials are fantastic. Then he veered into the escape/endurance genre and there's nothing interesting, original or entertaining about them. They are just stupid exercises in self-torture.

as much because of the reactions of the people he's doing tricks for as for the tricks themselves, which except fot the finale mostly are just basic sleight of hand stuff. His charisma is much more apparent when he's interacting with the public than during the endurance stunts as well.

BTW, I heard someplace that he's a right winger? :wtf: I was a bit dissapointed 'cause he's sexy.

so I'll ask him if he knows anything more. But I'm not sure if I believe my friend when he says he knows him.

but he's not above cheating. Of course, all magic is cheating to an extent. The Balcucci levitation effect can be a fantastic illusion, but to use wires as he clearly did in one of his tv specials is just cheating the tv audience. Isn't it enough to show the spectators' reactions without having to show both feet about a foot in the air via a cut shot?

My advice is that he stick to the street magic.

Summed him up in three words. :thumbsup:

and all his crazy stunts.

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I'm not quite sure it's magic, but...

but whatever it's called, I think it's pretty interesting even though they're more like stunts....I guess physical challenges are the right words for it.

I like him though. He doesn't bother me. I hope he succeeds with his special tonight.
Of course, DU is on the hate Blaine band wagon but oh well.

I remember the stunt in London last year. It was...interesting.

I hope he succeeds, also. I don't wish him ill. I think of him as a performance artist. It is edgy, that's for sure.

really didn't like him, did they? I remember them throwing eggs.
At least the NYC crowds have been nicer.

I couldn't give a monkey's about him, and would just leave him alone to get on with starving himself - or whatever else he decides to do - throwing things is just crass and silly.

helicopter around the box with food such as hamburgers, etc. That was the best part of his whole "stunt" career, is the people of London taunting him and mocking him.

If you don't like it, don't go anywhere near him.
All those haters should try and do what he did.
Yes, it's kind of silly some of his stunts but I bet most people can't do it.

Don't knock it until you try it.

at him every day. Of course I'll go anywhere near him.

I know it is just TV and all, but I keep wondering when something will go horribly wrong. Like the Flying Wallendas.

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turning a man into a giant white prune.
what next, 7 days inside the drain of a port-a-potty?

I could care less about the stunts. I think he's cute. Stupid for doing these stunts, but cute.

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WTF was that all about? I wish we could have just watched him do street magic for two hours. Those tricks are amazing.

Even so, I felt kind of sorry for the guy. I always thought his stunts were aided by stagecraft and legerdemain, but this one obviously wasn't. He probably would have made it the whole nine minutes if he didn't add those stupid cuffs and chains to the feat. His drive for spectacular self-promotion got the better of him.

attention whore, he is doing these asinine stunts in order to make his "name." Hopefully he will just go back to doing magic, which he excels at.

teeth then put them back??? She was putting her tongue in the empty space so it wasn't an illusion....was it?

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I have no idea how he did that. She really seemed to be on the verge of freaking out. And then just by blowing in her face, her teeth came back.

my book. Why all the negativity. Is DU jealous again? :shrug: :hi:

That has to explain it. :eyes:

I like David. I think he's cool. No hating on my part.


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Oh well. What do we know? ;) :)


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He is an illusionist and a pretty good one at that. I think people just like to think they are being rebellious when they jump on the hate bandwagon for people who are famous. It's predictable to see that when someone mentions something that is some form of art because everyone considers themselves to be experts in entertainment. And of course everyone *is* an expert, but only in their tastes.

The David Blaine thing is the same thing. The guy is an illusionist and performer, he obviously doesn't suck at what he does or no one would know who he is. If it's not your cup of tea, that's fine, but that doesn't mean that the guy is terrible.

trying. The breath-holding thing I mean. As far as I can tell, neither thing happened.