I Told You They Were REAL Blades!!!

Watch Your Arm!!! - keep away from moving parts
@sconibear (8016)
United States
December 19, 2008 11:58am CST
i was just watching the news here in Vegas, and it seems that while David Copperfield was about to perform his "walking through an industrial fan trick", one of his assistants got his arm pulled into the blades and had it broke in several places along with having his face punctured: http://www.lvrj.com/news/36432054.html i imagine it sounded something like...... SLAP...CRUNCH...OUCH!.....SLAP...CRUNCH...OUCH!.....SLAP...CRUNCH...OUCH!!! so even though it's an "illusion" i guess there's still plenty of danger involved. have you ever been to a live performance where something went terribly wrong?
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@shonali (1286)
• India
19 Dec 08
oh my god that sounds really scary man... i love david copperfield...he was the first magician i knew from abroad...used to watch him on tv as i dont think he has ever come to india for a live performance which i wouldnt miss for the world..... but this really is freaky man.... he was actually doing an illusion trick with industrial fan blades and his assistants hand actually got cut in many places..... that means that the blades are for real..... wow !! poor assistant though.... atleast now there will be many more believers of david copperfield than before when so many people used to think of him as a fake..... using fake instruments and stuff !!
@sconibear (8016)
• United States
19 Dec 08
yeah, David Copperfield's pretty amazing. it REALLY makes you wonder how he does it now, doesn't it.
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@shonali (1286)
• India
19 Dec 08
oh it sure does !!
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@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
19 Dec 08
Ooh scary. Nope, I can't think of anything I've been to that went horribly wrong. Amateur plays where people forgot their lines, that's about it!
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• United States
20 Dec 08
i havent witnessed anything like that.. but even with wrestling being "fake".. fake can still kill you if your an idiot or things some how dont go as plan so it cant be TOO fake can it??
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@sconibear (8016)
• United States
20 Dec 08
yeah, i think there's been a couple of wrestlers killed while faking it.
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@nadooa247 (1096)
• United States
20 Dec 08
Some stunts/illusions DO have an aspect of danger to them i think that is what keeps people watching. To see if the person taking part can really pull it off or not. No i have never been to a show or the like where something has gone wrong -- thankfully! The closest would have to be a kids magician who almost set fire to his own sleeve when he made a "flame magically appear" from his fingers lol... other than that no =P
@sconibear (8016)
• United States
20 Dec 08
when i was a kid i actually DID set my sleeve on fire doing a "magic trick", i still have the scars to prove it.