by musical_racket » Nov 13th, '05, 03:34
I personally respect Criss and enjoy his tv show on the simple basis that despite the fact that most of his tricks are fake and etc. I watch it because his trick and most of ways he portrays them are pretty creative.....I don't know of any other magician to make a coin slide down under his arm skin and cut it open with a razor... ovbiously, that trick is really easy to do, don't get me wrong, but the idea is awesome.
But I also like David Blaine, not because he sounds very bored, tired, and condensending with the way he speaks. But because, 1) He really Can do slight of hand well, and 2) a few of his larger tricks such as his being suspended over London I think for something like 40 days without food, was just his goal to be the best that he can do. Sure there was no magic about it, he claimed no magic about it, yet he proved himself able to do it.
So therefor, Criss and David are very different, yet both have the same purpose. To give the audience (the television watchers) something to enjoy and Think to themselves, "Wouldn't it be so fun if that were real."