I get the feeling, Demitri, that you are a fan of Mr Angel and as such anything I say that reflects badly on him you will immediately defend with the up most vigour. While this is an admirable display of loyalty I fail to see what it has to do with my opinion of said "magician" and it is just that, an opinion.
In my opinion Criss Angel's feats of
daring camera tricks and public endangerment are indeed pointless, therefore I have no choice but to label him pointless as well.
As for making it big, this is Criss's second bite at the cherry as far as I understand it? (having first tried a music career with the band Angeldust) This incarnation of his career has only been around since mid 2000 with the creation of his "Mindfreak" show, the TV series started in 2005 on the A&E Channel and is classed as a reality show. However I would put this "success" down to the rather aggressive marketing strategy of his management company "The Firm" (having first been plucked by the William Morris agency) rather than his ability as a magician.
One series does not a career make, it's a good start, but it's not Big Time yet.
He is an entertainer and as such will probably have a great future doing all kinds of Blaine style stunts and endurance projects.
It's true I would love to go and see a David Copperfield show or Penn & Teller or even a Siegfried and Roy, but they are worth seeing and have a proven track record of being able to perform quality magic.
But for every good act in Vegas there probably 100 bad ones, I was thinking more along these lines when condemning Criss to his ultimate fate (that and a KISS wig and make up perhaps

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Again this is just my opinion and more than likely I will be totally wrong and the name Criss Angel will become synonymous with Magic and be up there with the greats.