Our Third Post in a Row About David Blaine...

I don't really want to rag on the guy... but did you see that thing?!?

I think my problem with the guy stems mainly from his wasted potential. The guy hung upside down for portions of 60 hours (he took breaks once an hour...) and I guess that's impressive- if not physically, certainly in its ability to generate publicity... but here's the thing- THE DUDE CAN FLY!!!

David Blaine's thing used to be walking up to strangers and inflicting his magic on them, it was the most transgressive form of magic imaginable. It was as if he was saying "I don't care what you've got planned for today, right now, you're going to watch me fly, then you're going to go back home to your family- and you know what, they'll be a whole lot less interesting... You've been Blained!" Well maybe he didn't say all of that, but he was thinking it...

Now, instead of honing the power of flight, and trying to get higher than 6 inches off the ground, he's just stopped flying all together. Focusing instead on what can only be called "endurance art." ... and I'm not talking about his physical endurance, I'm talking about us, the audience having to endure the closest thing we've had to a real, live Superman squander his abilities while sitting in a box, lying in a block of ice, or peeing upside down.

Actually... now that I put it that way- I guess it is the sort of thing we should support.

Dan

Also, this clip I linked to above:



... he's at the grassy knoll ...doing magic... at the grassy knoll... Last time someone did magic there it ended poorly. Too soon, Blaine- too soon!