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Well I pretty much thought about David Blaine’s Dive of Death all day today. I’ve had many conversations with people about what they thought of the special, including the magic tricks, the bullet catch, the endurance stunt, and ultimately the “dive of death”. Opinions seem to be all over the place.

The thing I love about David Bline’s work is that its such a great conversation piece. Love him or hate him, everyone’s talking about it. If he’s in a glass bubble holding his breath, sealed in a block of ice, or hanging upside down people talk about it weather they love it, hate it, or just think its pointless.

I think David is a true showman, and artist. After all, isn’t all art subject to the same critique? Some will love it, some will hate it, and others couldn’t care less. It can be music, dance, painting, magic, or endurance challenges.

I feel sorry for him that his “Dive of Death” didn’t work as planned, but that’s the nature of attempting an untested stunt on Live TV. You’ve got to respect that fact that he went ahead with it even though he knew there was a chance it wouldn’t look right. He took the risk and failed. People that were at the event starting booing him. You can see it on youtube clips from people who were at the live event.

At least he didn’t resort to pre-recorded footage and pass it off as “live” like others have done recently.

One thing is for sure though. His name will forever be in the books alongside David Copperfield, Penn and Teller, and Houdini. I’m sure he’ll use that moment as motivation to succeed in his next challenge.

I hope David goes for the world record of staying up the longest.