You know what’s crazy? I’ll tell you what’s crazy.
David Blaine.
Is he a maginican? A daredevil? An illusionist? A con man? A dreamer of dreams? A false prophet?
I don’t know, but I am intrigued by his latest assault on Con Edison.
The infamous entertainer known for hanging upside down for 2 days or living in a water bowl for a week or in a glass box over England for 44 days, is at it again. This time he is in New York City.
The man is wearing a 27 pound metal suit. Like a Knight of the round table, he is surrounded by an electrical storm involving a million votes of electricity.
Why is he doing it? Perhaps he didn’t get enough attention as a child.
Like a scene out of Young Frankenstein, he is surrounded by a metallic ball of metal being bathed in blue lightning bolts.
He is reportedly going to remain in this ball for 72 hours.
The most humorous part of the event is when the abc reporter dons Mickey Mouse sized headphones and rides in a steel shark cage up to the performer.
The question is, why bother?
It’s so loud it’s like trying to do an interview during a seismic event.
The camera man is shooting through bars, through his reporter, through more bars, and sort of getting a glimpse of Blaine in his suit of armor.
The reporter asks questions of the human plasma ball, but the response is inaudible.
Meanwhile, people in the crowd can zap Blaine with various bursts of electricity.
If this were a circus animal, PETA would be launching red paint and condemnation from the highest rooftops.
“can you feel the pain?,” Mickey Mouse asks the street performer.
blah blah blah.
“he tells me that he feels a tingle,” the reporter says in a voice over.
Blaine will come down soon, reportedly able to microwave pop corn in his coat pocket.
How he profits from this silly stunt is not immediatley known.
Turning yourself into a storm cloud, now that’s crazy.