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So today I found myself up by 59th Street when I realized, “hey, isn’t David Blaine doing some unmagic around here by floating in water for 7 days before trying to break the world’s record for holding his breath?” Then I thought, what the hell, I have my camera, let me head over and see what all the fuss is about.
The problem is, I’ve never actually been to Lincoln Center and when I asked for directions, I accidentally asked for directions to Rockefeller Center and was pissed when I found out about how far away I was from it. I was sure it was near 59th Street. So 14 roundtrip blocks later, I get right back to where I started and back to Lincoln Center.
There were quite a few people standing around trying to get a glimpse and quite a few news crews trying to get an interview with the people trying to get a glimpse. There was a pretty long line you could wait in to walk up the little ramp to get a closer look. The only problem with that was that the entire time I was there he was doing some sort of interview on the other side of the bubble so really you were just getting a closer look at his back. The problem is you get there and you realize…oh, it’s a guy floating in water. Tada?
Is David Blaine even considered a magician? I mean, when does magic cross into just being crazy? And now for my next illusion, I will bash my head with a hammer five times and live to tell about it. It seems according to Blaine’s logic all the people suffering from starvation in Africa and other countries and live to tell about it are magicians. Come on, I would have to think the magician’s alliance would frown on that line of thought. I’ve never seen Blaine pull off a career maker like the Aztec Tomb or anything.
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5 Comments
1. Uncrazy99
2. James
3. charlie
4. max
5. Deluks
Want a neat little picture by your comments? Get one here.The news is advertising his 9-minute breath holding stunt like it’s some big deal…let me tell you, it’s not. He’s definitely cheating, because he’s breathing compressed air which is closer to pure oxygen because he’s living underwater. Pure oxygen can make one hold their breath for 15 minutes under water. So his breath won’t be certified as a world record, and even though he has everyone thinking he’s doing something spectacular, he’s not. Have him hold his breath for 15 minutes after breathing pure oxygen - then I’d be impressed.
Posted Thursday, May 4, 2006 at 7:50 am | Permalink
that was the uncraziest comment I’ve ever heard.
Posted Thursday, May 4, 2006 at 8:32 am | Permalink
i don’t understand why anyone would wait in line to catch a glimpse of someone submerged in water. if he was holding his breath for 7 days then i would be impressed. dear god would i love to see david blaine hold his breath for 7 days.
Posted Thursday, May 4, 2006 at 12:55 pm | Permalink
i met David Blaine once at a book signing and he’s a pretty cool guy. i’ll admit that some of his stunts are corny, but a lot of other stuff that he did was actually pretty incredible.
Posted Thursday, May 4, 2006 at 4:52 pm | Permalink
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David Blaine IS the modern magician. Criss Angel is a bandwagoneer’. Blaine brought new enthusiasm for magic out, Angel is riding his coat tails. People was to criticsize Blaine for his water stunt like he didn’t do anything. Simple minds think alike, you have no IDEA what it takes to do that. You haven’t nearly the stamina to pull that off, and you couldn’t hold your breath for 4 minutes let alone 7. All you can do is be cynical behind your monitor while you fingers punch out BS.. Your all critical cynics. And that comment about compressed oxygen is complete garbage; unfounded, and irrelevant. Get off Blains nuts you psychos.
Posted Sunday, May 28, 2006 at 10:17 pm | Permalink
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