David Blaine’s Latest Stunt Begins

admin | 11:59 am | September 23, 2008 | news

Magician David Blaine has begun his three day challenge, hanging upside-down from a wire.

The popular street magic performer has been hoisted up by his heels above New York’s Wollmann ice rink.

According to David, his head felt like it was “about to explode”. As with his previous stunts, doctors have warned about possible blood circulation problems, blah blah.

For those of you wondering how he ‘goes’ without weeing in his own face, he uses a catheter. What a dignified performer he has become.

What happened to the cool street magic and snappy card sleights? I wouldn’t say going from performing mini miracolous feats of card magic to hanging upside-down for three days is much of an advancement of a career, but I suppose it grabs the attention of the media.

Maybe this is what the masses want to see from David Blaine. Although I suspect that when people have been saying they want to see David Blaine hang, this is not quite what they had in mind.