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Strait jacket, dammit.
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The Reverend Sam Hill: Harry Houdini's famous escape from a straight jacket
Strait jacket, dammit.
What a "Strait Jacket" may look like.
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No, everyone who watched it knew it was a rotating stage...
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The tricks of Lance Burton, however, really don't hold up under the gaze of modern Video resolutions (Roller coaster escapology obvious green-screen), or more tellingly, viewers paying attention to the edges when the camera pans out
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https://www.thisamericanlife.org/619/the-magic-show/act-two-31
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David Copperfield was good too.
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While Copperfield said he was doing it to show "how precious liberty is and how easily it can be lost," adding, "I can show with magic how we take our freedom for granted," not surprisingly, he didn't actually make the statue disappear.
WOAH WOAH WOAH!!!
This accusation puts in doubt the very existence of magic!!!
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LaBlueSkuld: Also apparently the Statue of Liberty is only 225 pounds.
Came here to say this, leaving satisfied and lighter.
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capngroovy: 225 lb? Just get a couple of friends and a six pack.
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Pounds...tons.
Tomato...potahto.
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Stantz: Davis Copperfield was ok, and a lot of his tricks sort of stand the test of time.
The tricks of Lance Burton, however, really don't hold up under the gaze of modern Video resolutions (Roller coaster escapology obvious green-screen), or more tellingly, viewers paying attention to the edges when the camera pans out
[YouTube video: Lance Burton Stealth Bomber Vanish]
That's why I never watched Chris Angels tv series, you could see the seems pretty easily with all the camera cuts.
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Rev. Skarekroe: I think most of Copperfield's big TV tricks involved having the camera look at something else. Misdirection is easy when you control exactly what the audience gets to see.
I mean, that's something that always kept me from really getting blown away by what Copperfield was doing -- it was too elaborate, too staged, too planned. I kind of felt like just about anyone could do "magic" if they had that big a production budget behind them.
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.....of ILLUSION!
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capngroovy: 225 lb? Just get a couple of friends and a six pack.
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Yep. If they were going to actually move it, you'd need one of 'em with a pickup and you'd hafta get pizza.
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ZMugg: The Reverend Sam Hill: Harry Houdini's famous escape from a straight jacket
Strait jacket, dammit.
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What a "Strait Jacket" may look like.
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*clapping*
Nicely played! Love some King George!
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