Call it Magic or Illusion

[JMediger]

I had to vote for Criss because a) he seems more down to earth and b) Blaine's "how long can I ..." tricks are just a matter of mind - not illusion or showmanship.

However ... ... when we were in Vegas 3 years ago for Christmas, I was selected from the audience (1 of 10) at a Copperfield show to disappear. It was cool to know how it's done and really cool to be up on stage and cooler to meet him and get a picture BUT he is kind of stuck up. When he met us after the show, we got a handshake, a signed picture and "if you tell anyone, you will break thousands of hearts and can you really live with that so just keep your trap shut". Disappointing for sure.

 

[cloudybutnice]

Liked Blaine's early stuff, but not keen on his more recent high profile, highly publicised stunts.

 

[Ishbel]

I also voted for 'what are you talking about' because, although I've vaguely heard of David Blaine (wasn't he the weird man who did some stunt in a glass cage near the Tower of London a year or so ago?) - I wouldn't have a clue who the other magician is . I also think of magicians in a slightly less 'con man' category than someone like Uri Geller, f'rinstance!

 

[Chopstix]

Tat, I just saw a TV special called Street Magic Secrets Revealed. They exposed the following tricks:

Contorting/rotating the hand 360 degrees
Various mind-reading tricks
Bringing a dead fly back to life
Self-rising playing card from a whole deck
Pulling off the head of a live dove and putting it back
Dancing match stick
Piercing a coin with a cigarette
Wris****ch miraculously advancing by 25 min
Making a coin disappear without touching it
Levitation

Sad to say, now I'm disillusioned

 

[TATTRAT]

LOL! It's MAGIC! THIS THREAD WAS RESURECTED!


I have tried to avoid the "revealed" shows because I still love the wtf factor. But I am curious, especially with the levitation trick.

 

[-DEADLY SUSHI-]

David Blaine has the ego the size of a large building. He does interesting tricks, but I dont care for him.

 

[Chopstix]

But I am curious, especially with the levitation trick.

You can PM me if you want to find out