The irreverent but always relevant Gothamist has a piece today about
David Blaine's latest project in the making. It begins with the exasperated ejaculation,
"Holy Mother of God!"
He isn't sure what he wants to do, but he reveals in his
interview with the New York Post his penchant for big things — big things with
ties to New York.
Somehow Mr. Blaine hopes to involve the Brooklyn Bridge. That's about as far as the planning has
developed.
"Challenging myself on this bridge has been my lifelong
dream." And some people dream of finding a cure for cancer! And this would
certainly be a challenge for the NYPD to secure the bridge.
We'd love to quote the entire article but know the right
thing to do is provide a link to it so you can read it yourself.
Still…
The article concludes:
While we think most anything with David Blaine is insane,
we'll probably be there when he strings himself up on the Brooklyn Bridge.
We bet more people will be walking on it, so they can throw food at him. "
The UK's Entertainmentwise .Com provides more detail
about the still amorphous Blaine Project. The site does not attribute the
source of the detail but tells us "Next, Blaine
is planning to hang from the Brooklyn Bridge in New York
135 feet above the East River."
We've spent hours trying to figure out what is meant by
"planning to hang" from the Brooklyn Bridge.
Will he hang like Criss Angel's very impressive but
all-too-real Meat-Hooks Miracle? Will he
hang in a harness like a wayward parachutist?
Or does he mean he will hang as in "I'm just hanging, man?"
He is smart to leave his options open but we sure hope he
isn't looking to duplicate Mr. Angel's stunts.
Then again, maybe it would be great to have him imitate Mr.
Angel. Perhaps we would then get a
showdown between the two magicians.
As loyal readers of Quinlan's
Inside Magic know, we have offered to sponsor a Battle of Magicians between
Mr. Angel and Mr. Blaine.
The offer has been out there for the last five years. We
heard indirectly from Mr. Angel's people that they would take up the challenge
"Any time, any where, and in any way." We haven't heard back from Mr. Blaine's
people — even indirectly.
He's leaving us hanging.
But maybe this will be the year. Stay tuned.
The irreverent but always relevant Gothamist has a piece today about
David Blaine's latest project in the making. It begins with the exasperated ejaculation,
"Holy Mother of God!"
He isn't sure what he wants to do, but he reveals in his
interview with the New York Post his penchant for big things — big things with
ties to New York.
Somehow Mr. Blaine hopes to involve the Brooklyn Bridge. That's about as far as the planning has
developed.
"Challenging myself on this bridge has been my lifelong
dream." And some people dream of finding a cure for cancer! And this would
certainly be a challenge for the NYPD to secure the bridge.
We'd love to quote the entire article but know the right
thing to do is provide a link to it so you can read it yourself.
Still…
The article concludes:
While we think most anything with David Blaine is insane,
we'll probably be there when he strings himself up on the Brooklyn Bridge.
We bet more people will be walking on it, so they can throw food at him. "
The UK's Entertainmentwise .Com provides more detail
about the still amorphous Blaine Project. The site does not attribute the
source of the detail but tells us "Next, Blaine
is planning to hang from the Brooklyn Bridge in New York
135 feet above the East River."
We've spent hours trying to figure out what is meant by
"planning to hang" from the Brooklyn Bridge.
Will he hang like Criss Angel's very impressive but
all-too-real Meat-Hooks Miracle? Will he
hang in a harness like a wayward parachutist?
Or does he mean he will hang as in "I'm just hanging, man?"
He is smart to leave his options open but we sure hope he
isn't looking to duplicate Mr. Angel's stunts.
Then again, maybe it would be great to have him imitate Mr.
Angel. Perhaps we would then get a
showdown between the two magicians.
As loyal readers of Quinlan's
Inside Magic know, we have offered to sponsor a Battle of Magicians between
Mr. Angel and Mr. Blaine.
The offer has been out there for the last five years. We
heard indirectly from Mr. Angel's people that they would take up the challenge
"Any time, any where, and in any way." We haven't heard back from Mr. Blaine's
people — even indirectly.
He's leaving us hanging.
But maybe this will be the year. Stay tuned.
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