Nobody manages to split public opinion as much as David Blaine can. Some say that Blaine is a modern-day artist, creating grand spectacles in a way that no other can. Others say that he's a bit of a twat with a crazy slappable face.
Not that this will stop David Blaine from carrying out his latest death-defying stunt. Yesterday Blaine took up residence in an eight-foot human aquarium in New York, where he'll stay for a week. Why is he doing this? God knows. The twat.
Up until very recently, we were convinced that David Blaine's next stunt would be tightrope walking. That would have been rubbish, and is a bit too close to making balloon animals for our liking. But – hey – we were wrong. Instead, David Blaine is spending a week in a big ball of water in the middle of New York.
It sounds amazing – David Blaine is going to hold his breath for a week – but in actuality it isn't that astounding. Blaine has all kinds of pipes attached to his body allowing him to breathe and wee and talk to his friends whenever he wants, but the traditional David Blaine big finish is still intact. He'll be handcuffed and weighed down, and will have to escape while trying to break the world record for a divvy in a fishbowl holding his breath or something.
Why water? Why New York? Well, anywhere will be better for David Blaine than London, where he spent 44 days sitting in a box above the Thames in 2003. And all kind of shit went off, like Paul McCartney apparently going batshit at a journalist and all the laser-pen attacks and our friend trying to organise a homosexual sausage-throwing rally. And perhaps Blaine chose to stand in water because it's harder for the smell of helicopter-carried bacon sandwiches to penetrate liquid.
David Blaine has been training for this water stunt since December, with Navy SEALS on hand to help him lose 50 pounds in preparation. And it couldn't have come at a better time, either – just as David Copperfield was making a move on Blaine's idiot magician crown with his mugger-confusing act.
If everything goes to plan, David Blaine will leave his watery fortress of stupidity on May 8. And he'll be all wrinkly.
Read more:
Magician Spending Week In Water Tank – Forbes
[story by Stuart Heritage]
Bobaroo J says
There is just something about David Blaine that you have to like. He creeps you out while at the same time you want to go out and have a few beers with him. While he is now prone to sensational public sideshows I still think he is at his best simply freaking people out on the streets. He seems more approachable where other illustionists appear to be a bit unapproachable.
Even though I think David is a little crazy (no, a lot crazy), I’ll still be just as crazy watching his special next week. Good luck, David
Hunney Pie says
Ahhh very odd! I would be scared!
Zaina says
he wast sopossed to hold his breath for a week…he was soposed to hold his breath after the stunt for more than 8 minutes and 58 seconds…
people who dont no him call him stupid or idiotic…but i think who ever wrote this is stupid and idiotic…because i want to see them bury themselves
for 7 days, be entombed in a block of ice for 3 days, starve themsleves for 44 days, and be underwater for 8 days. people think he wants attention
but this is what he likes to do he just likes to challenge himself, and i dont seem to understand y people dont like him.