Because I Can't Believe Y'all Have the Nerve to Defend David Blaine

Subject is not worthy of this much research.

Peace

He's a magician... that's it. He buys his tricks like every single birthday party magician out there. We all know it's fake, but we watch anyway. So he has to try and do something else to keep it interesting. People weren't watching to see if he could do it. They really wanted to see if he'd die in the process. As much as people would deny that. You gotta ask yourself. Why do so many people watch Nascar?

LMAO "I wanted to high five God".
I have to agree all of his self indugence is indeed boring. i didnt even watch the finale. forgot it was on.

i really don't see what the big deal is. we all choose our path in life. how we will live, make money, etc. This is what he has chosen. He's an entertainer and this is how he wants to entertain people. Some enjoy it and some don't; as is the case with all entertainment. But to see people so violently against him, as if he's done something immoral, illegal or harmful to people who CHOOSE to watch his stunts? that's the real masturbatory mess.

wow. damali is right. i couldn't agree more.

Smooth.

My man.

You wilin' out again.

Yo, did you really want to be a magician at some point?

Hey, it's cool.

We all understand.

You're spittin' a lot of venom at this dude for something that's kinda old.

What's the subtext here, man?

Maybe we can all come together to help you.

-Black People

i really don't see what the big deal is. we all choose our path in life. how we will live, make money, etc. This is what he has chosen. He's an entertainer and this is how he wants to entertain people. Some enjoy it and some don't; as is the case with all entertainment.

Okay but I don't get how this means that people should never have a strong reaction to that entertainment? Seems to me getting a strong reaction, pro or con, is what this whole presentation was geared for.

And snarkiness aside, I feel bad for him when I watch this stuff. I really do think he has issues, that have been played out publicly in a rather ugly way as he shifted more and more from his "street magic" to these garishly masochistic stunts.. it makes me wish he could get his head straight.. especially since one of these days he may push these stunts too far, as whatever psychological need he's trying to fill gets stronger.

I really do think he has issues, that have been played out publicly in a rather ugly way as he shifted more and more from his "street magic" to these garishly masochistic stunts.. it makes me wish he could get his head straight.. especially since one of these days he may push these stunts too far, as whatever psychological need he's trying to fill gets stronger.

i think this is why his shit creeps me out. i do think there's a masochistic element (his doctor said he had notable liver damage) to his stunts and there's something that always makes me wonder about people who want to publicize their struggles with their inner demons... on ABC. it's navel-gazing, and ultimately seemingly myopic on some level to the rest of the human race.

Okay but I don't get how this means that people should never have a strong reaction to that entertainment? Seems to me getting a strong reaction, pro or con, is what this whole presentation was geared for.

someone not likingo r not enjoying the stunt is far different than the vitriolic, personal attacks people are making against him...that's what i have a problem with.

And snarkiness aside, I feel bad for him when I watch this stuff. I really do think he has issues, that have been played out publicly in a rather ugly way as he shifted more and more from his "street magic" to these garishly masochistic stunts.. it makes me wish he could get his head straight.. especially since one of these days he may push these stunts too far, as whatever psychological need he's trying to fill gets stronger.

i suspect the stunts are just as much about financing his gypsy lifestyle as it is about testing the limits of his body and mind he's just found a way to fulfill both desires at once. but i would think we need to know a bit more about him before we decide that his penchant towards emulating his heroes (Houdini, Copperfield, Kneivel) has to do with some supposed issues rather than he just taking what they were doing to another (albeit scary and dangerous) level. To me, people who basejump, sky dive, downhill ski and countless other high risk sports are no different from David. They just don't have as large an audience.

To me, people who basejump, sky dive, downhill ski and countless other high risk sports are no different from David. They just don't have as large an audience.

actually, there is a huge difference. he goes to great lengths to invite mass media, the large vehicles capable of creating large-scale "invitations" for people to watch his stunts. he willingly seeks his enormous audience. all of his stunts take place in a highly travelled area in a transparent or translucent stage (e.g., ice, plexiglass, fishbowls, etc.) with major network cameras. no, his endeavours differ to make his personal trials public on a scale not seen before.

From the Big Moo:

Historians of magic are in total agreement about this: Houdini did hackneyed mechanical tricks, showed little evidence of talent, and had almost none of the suave charisma that the great magicians of his era had. And yet when I ask you to name a famous magician, odds are you’ll say “Houdini!”

So, how did he do it? How did a lousy magician become such an amazing success? Simple, he wasn’t a magician.

Harry Houdini invented an entirely different sort of vaudeville attraction. He was not a magician at all, but an escape artist. Crowds didn’t line up to watch him cut a lady in half. Instead, they were fascinated by his taunting of death; by the way he used himself as the most important prop in the act.

One of the breakthrough performances took place in England. Houdini was challenged (by a renowned locksmith) to free himself from a new kind of escape-proof set of handcuffs. At first he hesitated, but, motivated by the cry of the public, he accepted the challenge.

After half an hour in a tiny, isolated chamber onstage, Houdini came back before the audience and asked that he cuffs be removed so that he could take off his heavy wool coat (he was sweating profusely from the heat) and then be replaced. The crowd angrily refused – Houdini would not be permitted to trick them! Unflappable as always, Houdini used his teeth to extract a razor from his coat, which he then dramatically shredded to pieces in front of the crowd. Then, with a grimace, he returned to the chamber. An hour later, he emerged triumphant, holding the opened handcuffs over his head! Again, he had done it – the seemingly impossible.

When Houdini made the decision to focus on escapes instead of magic tricks it was considered professional suicide. There wasn’t a market for escape acts. There wasn’t a demand for it. It had never been done before. No one knew what it was worth and no one could tell him how long or how demanding his act should be.

Who could have imagined that Houdini would succeed by spending more than an hour and a half doing just one trick, in a closed room, out of sight of the audience? Where is it written in the magician’s manual that the best way to become famous is to fake not only the outcome but also the event itself (Houdini made those handcuffs himself and paid the locksmith to challenge him in the first place – it only took him a minute to open them when the time came)?

What is the big deal?!?! You people have WAAAAAY too much time on your hands. Its just a stoopid "escape"(okay, so he really isnt escaping, but holding his breath for a while, but thats not the point)Some People like it and some people dont. We all have different opinions of things.

HEY GUYS,,, Have you heard the news about this guy Curtis Lovell challenging David Blaine?????

Here is the press release on it....
http://mmdnewswire.com/content/view/376/5/

I wonder what David thinks of this and What stunt could this Curtis guy pull off to out do Blaine????