David Blaine

[popcornbird]

Originally posted by ILoveMyAbbyGirl
AGREED!!!! I love David Blaine. He is so cool.

You guys are HARSH!! LOL

Cool? *cough cough* Cool? The guy's practically killing himself! He's nuts!

Even look at the CNN poll. The majority who voted thinks he's nuts.....and he is. No sane person would harm themselves like that, in my honest opinion.

http://www.cnn.com/POLLSERVER/results/6674.content.html

[Uabassoon]

I think he's a little nutty. I don't really even understand why he calls himself a magiacians, he's not really doing magic. He just does really crazy/stupid stunts.

[ILoveMyAbbyGirl]

He is cool. Just cuz he's doing something WE don't think is "sane" or "human" doesn't mean he's a lunatic. Have you seen some of this stuff this guy can do? It's talent. Talent lets him stay in a box for 44 days with only water. Not a matter of his "sanity". I seriously think we are being a little harsh.

[PepperRSM]

I heard on the radio that for his latest stunt, his business people, idk managers or something, had to PAY people to go watch his stunt and cheer for him lol They were PAYED to go cheer and support him lol Sorry but if that's not pathetic...idk know what is.
And I also heard that he's not doing this for charity or anything, he just wants to get the attention I guess....publicity. Anyway, I don't really like him, I think his stunts are kinda pointless....but I guess some people like him and that's fine.

[curiosityrats]

Originally posted by Uabassoon
I think he's a little nutty. I don't really even understand why he calls himself a magiacians, he's not really doing magic. He just does really crazy/stupid stunts.

Yeah... Do whatever he likes, but it isn't any kind of magic. It's a stunt but not a magic trick.

Yeah, I know, he's an entertainer and magicians are entertainers, but he's not a magician. At least not in this case and marginally in others...

[G.P.girl]

i think it is just a stupid stunt to get attention. it's so annoying what people do to get noticed. it's kind of sad actually that they resort to hurting them selfs and other people think it is cool. people today........

[Killearn Kitties]

I'd be interested in how the story of his latest stunt looked from where you are Pam.

I did not follow this story myself, but inevitably I heard bits of it from time to time. I would say that at best the stunt was treated here with apathy or suspicion, at worst hostility. For all the publicity it got, I wouldn't say it caught the public imagination. The most common response here was "WHY?"

Interestingly though, we were always being told through the media that this "artist" is phenomenally popular in the States and there was a high level of anger at the fact that he wasn't going down well here (people shouting abuse, throwing hot dogs etc at him). From this thread, it wouldn't appear that this is necessarily accurate.

What do you think?

[Logan]

Just some insight from the good old USA......I had never heard of this guy before this stunt!!!!

[popcornbird]

Originally posted by Logan
Just some insight from the good old USA......I had never heard of this guy before this stunt!!!!

Me neither!

[2kitties]

The only thing I knew about him was that he was a close friend of Michael Jackson. What does that say about him!

[Killearn Kitties]

originally quoted by Logan
Just some insight from the good old USA......I had never heard of this guy before this stunt!!!!

That is so funny!! Honestly, they would have us believe he was the most famous and popular thing since Mickey Mouse.

[PayItForward]

Originally posted by ILoveMyAbbyGirl
He is cool. Just cuz he's doing something WE don't think is "sane" or "human" doesn't mean he's a lunatic. Have you seen some of this stuff this guy can do? It's talent. Talent lets him stay in a box for 44 days with only water. Not a matter of his "sanity". I seriously think we are being a little harsh.

Anyone could sit in a box and starve, we might not all survive but we could do it.

No talent required.

But real people all over the world are forced stay in small spaces and/or starve, for him to do this to himself for money, is insulting to those who suffer human right abuses daily.