David Blaine is at it again
David Blaine is an illusionist notorious for his crazy stunts. He has stayed underwater for a week, stood on a 90-foot pillar for 35 hours, spent 61 hours inside a block of ice, and put himself in a box above the Thames for 44 hours. In other words, he does some weird things.
And right now he is planning to keep himself above a New York ice skating rink for 60 hours. Oh, and he’ll be upside down. Surprisingly, I haven’t seen much about this in a lot of news outlets. Usually the news reports something about his craziness. Maybe they’re waiting until Wednesday night when he’s supposed to end the feat by dropping 44 feet to the ground. In a prime-time TV special. Of course.
Hanging upside down for 60 hours is supposed to increase his risk of stroke or blindness due to an increase in his blood pressure. If it weren’t dangerous in some way (whether real or hyped), he probably wouldn’t be doing it.
I’m not really sure why he pulls these stunts, or what he feels he gets from them. Yet it seems like he makes a living from it. It’s just so oddball, I don’t get the fascination. Or the drama and hype that the TV show tries to build into it. What do you think – do you watch Blaine’s stunts? Do you care?
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