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I totally get why its dorky to be into magic.
Most magic acts are very cheesy and require a high tolerance for earnestness.
Theres a lot of satin and glitter and bow ties.
Theres a reasonmagic reaction gifsare so beloved.
Our dumb lizard brains freak out when our eyes see something that doesnt make sense.
Thats part of the fun of magic too, though trying to figure out how the trick works.
He stood in a block of ice in the middle of Times Square for 63-ish hours.
He lived in a plexiglass cube suspended over London for 44 days.
Both the Off Broadway run and the film were directed by Frank Oz.
Tim Gunn, Larry Wilmore, Bill Gates, and Marina Abramovic can be spotted in the audience.
But definingIn & Of Itselfby its celebrity clout goes against its core premise.
rather than Howd he do that?
ButThe Pushis by far his most queasy manipulation yet.
The premise is simple: Can Brown use social conditioning toconvince someone to commit murder?
OMG moment:I wont spoil it here, but the last two minutes are wild.
Theyre both kinda bro-y, hidden-camera prank shows in the vein ofPunkd.
He poses as a dog groomer and makes a puppy disappear.
He poses as a car wash attendant and breaks then fixes a car window.
(Streaming on HBO Max)
Criss Angel: Mindfreak
Oh, Criss Angel.
He took one of the dorkiest professions imaginable magician and tried to make it ~edgy~.
But of course theres nothing dorkier than trying to be edgy.
Often parodied,Mindfreakis a mid-aughts relic thats actually a lot of fun to revisit.
And also some pretty neat stunts.
In Miami, he escapes a flooding car.
In London, he gets buried alive.
Making something disappear isnt enough; you have to bring it back.
If learning about the competing documentaries is the turn, Berman pulls off a killer prestige.
To describe it here would do his filmmaking a disservice, but suffice it to say, its amazing.
(The doc was filmed in 2013; Randi died in 2020 at the age of 92.)
Certain techniques take years to master, and most of the contestants spend hours rehearsing every day.
(Streaming on Amazon Prime)
