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David Blaine

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I have respect for you james but your support for david blaine is erm 'amazing'

44 days in a perspex box, no offense where is the excitement in watching soomeone wearing a nappy in a box for 44 days?

He has been subjected to eggs, golf balls and laser pointers amongst other things, but watching someone suspended in a wee box is no entertainment at all (especially when the condensation is posing a problem)

I will quote part of the famous 'crucifixion' story by billy connolly, 'Dae something!, dae something!' it just hasn't got enough to keep people interested and all power to the people giving him hell.

£5 million in TV rights he is getting, but my sentiments are summed up by one of the placards held up when he went into the box. 'One man starves, the world watches, 1 billion starve, no-one cares'

There is nothing extraordinary or even vaugley interesting about this stunt, and I for one hope it fails.

[edited cos I am rubbish at spelling]
 
Hear Hear

(or here here, I'm never sure)

I wouldn't condone anything dangerous, but I have no problem with Londoners expressing their scorn for this pompous and pointless stunt. Its often said that the British resent success. Not true, we resent people with an inflated idea of their own importance, and we're very good at deflating people.

We can be loutish, but we can be funny too. It seems that one group of jokers sent a model aeroplane buzzing around the box with a hamburger tied to it.

Now that's entertainment!
 
Captain_Snort said:
£5 million in TV rights he is getting, but my sentiments are summed up by one of the placards held up when he went into the box. 'One man starves, the world watches, 1 billion starve, no-one cares'
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Seconded. This stunt is in poor taste, as well as being pointless. Keeping the self-satisfied git awake with a steady stream of paintballs seems like a good idea to me.
 
Is this the same David Blaine who has a "documentary" that plays from time to time on US cable channel TLC?

The documentary purports to show magic tricks that are damned good, assuming it isn't really digital trickery added to the tape, or that everything shown is not actors in on the scam.
 
Hear hear.

And the bit in the commentary about soccer hooligans, how lazy is that? Which brush shall we tar all Americans with, hmm?
 
well, I wouldnt ask the Belgiums what they think of the English soccer fans...

I spent an enjoyable evening barricaded in a Pizza Hut while the English fans tore apart the city of Brussels: I have to say I was shocked when the police came and started bashing in skulls left and right. It was like a thousand Rodney Kings, only people cheered. Then they flew them out that night on some army cargo plane, even the seriously injured!

You may find the man boring, but you dont try to kill him

If that were permissable we could have taken out Carrot Top years ago
 
I'm sorry for your experience, but not all English people are football fans and not all English football fans are hooligans. I've been to hundreds of football matches and, surprisingly, have never been involved in a riot, fight or punch up.

My point is, it's a lazy, prejudiced stereotype and not one that I would have expected from Mr Randi.
 
Or maybe, just maybe, all these stunts just help to publicise what would otherwise be a pretty boring and un-newsworthy event.
 
I have heard from a pretty reliable source that Blaine will not be in the box for 44 days. All I can say is that the finale will involve an 'accident', the river and a disappearance. I am nowhere near 100% sure about this, but thought it might be a good idea to post it here so that it is in the public domain if something does happen.

I have given very little away for the simple reason that if the rumour is true and does get out, then it would probably not happen. This might mean that Blaine will have to last 44 days, which he may not have anticipated.

I trust that we can keep these 'facts' between ourselves for the time being. Either way it will be interesting to see what happens.
 
Ralfy said:
I have heard from a pretty reliable source that Blaine will not be in the box for 44 days. All I can say is that the finale will involve an 'accident', the river and a disappearance. I am nowhere near 100% sure about this, but thought it might be a good idea to post it here so that it is in the public domain if something does happen.
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Well, I do not live in London (and try and avoid it if at all possible) but I was IRCing to a mate who went down there the other night to see it (and to use a laser pointer :) )that is not actually hanging over the Thames, but next to it.
 
Hi everyone,

I don't really see what Randi's beef with the anti-Blaine audience is, is he saying that the UK public are being disrespectful to the magician's code...?

Way I see it, if you put yourself in an ivory tower yadda yadda, basically in the old music hall days if the audience didn't like a performer they threw rotten fruit&veg - these days they are using eggs and golfballs...
 
Hi, Blue Rose.

I think Randi is just disgusted with their boorish behaviour. He would probably criticize the yobbos even if it were Geller up in the box... er, maybe not.

:D
 
Paul McCartney doesn't seem to share Randi's regard for Blaine.

Yesterday, however, the American illusionist's slumber was interrupted not by drunken bystanders mocking his latest stunt, but by Sir Paul McCartney flying into an uncharacteristic rage during a visit to Tower Bridge.

The former Beatle, no stranger to being stalked by the paparazzi, allegedly launched a foul-mouthed attack on fans and a photographer who had tried to take a picture of him and two companions.

He allegedly pushed Kevin Wheal, from the Evening Standard, and shouted: "F*** off. I've come to see this stupid c*** and you are not going to take a picture of me tonight."
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Sir Paul 'fracas' at Blaine circus
 
Ralfy, I'm in Britain and I have heard this same rumour 3 times now from different sources so it won't be long until everyone is waiting for it to happen!

Even if the rumour hadn't reached here yet, I can't believe you think the following :

I trust that we can keep these 'facts' between ourselves for the time being
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You think you can reveal a juicy secret on a forum that is read by thousands of people and expect every single one of them to 'keep it under their hats'?!
 
Thanks for the contradictary evidence regarding the rumour I posted. I will use it with relish to castigate the source.

You think you can reveal a juicy secret on a forum that is read by thousands of people and expect every single one of them to 'keep it under their hats'?!
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I was being a little ironic when I urged everyone to keep it a secret (actually at time of posting there had only been 585 views of this thread, so thousands may be a little optimistic).
 
Pool Boy took a picture of the box from across the river, he was too lazy to cross over and get a real close up photo. I'll post it if I can figure out the digital camera. Pool Boy said he seemed to be moving around. Very zzzzz
 
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