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David Blaine

Reply 20

Medibot

Nothing he's ever done has made me think 'wow'

Reply 21

Miss.Naughty

11

He's an idiot. End of. :p:

Reply 22

Untitled258

12

I stopped giving a toss about him when i discovered Derren Brown.

Reply 23

beachboi

1

IS he not on T.V. tonight according to that article? If so what channel!?

Reply 24

sarCAZm

11

wow. I've nevere cared less, about anything in my life.

Reply 25

*Dreamer*

17

I actually saw him encased in ice in London, was pretty amazing. But he should be careful, he might die doing one of his silly stunts. Well at least he would have died a martyr alongside Saddam Hussain and that crocodile dundee bloke.

Reply 26

Kink

14

urbandervish

Just see what this three year old can do...in 114 seconds.

Now, that's talent!

Damnit. I did it in 4 days before. I wonder if she'll be able to do that when she's older.

is he dead yet?

MVP

is he dead yet?

not yet unfortunately. but im sure there's a cliff waiting for him to fall off...

Reply 29

Chumbaniya

17

I couldn't be less impressed. He's an attention seeking idiot performing a 'stunt' which involves him doing bugger all with absolutely nothing acheived at the end of it save the possibility of causing himself medical problems.

Reply 30

Helen_J

1

he needs to do something useful with his life...seriously...

Reply 31

History Lost in Physics

11

gitwizard! as marcus b would say.

Reply 32

Adhsur

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urbandervish

Just see what this three year old can do...in 114 seconds.

Now, that's talent!

I think it's child abuse tbh :frown:

Why else do these "talent" videos seem to emerge from China more than any other countries - it's a country renowned for ridiculous pressure on children. Sigh.

At least David Blaine does things using his own free will and thinks up (I suppose) his own stunts. His stunts bore me though. I don't know why risking your life is considered clever. But again, at least he had the choice.

Reply 33

fnxz_87

I like him, he pushes boundaries. Good to watch.

Reply 34

Amanda

9

Ughhh I can't stand this guy! He does dumb stuff and then people act like he's some sort of hero. NO -- he's a moron.

Reply 35

urbandervish

10

Adhsur

I think it's child abuse tbh :frown:

Why else do these "talent" videos seem to emerge from China more than any other countries - it's a country renowned for ridiculous pressure on children. Sigh.

At least David Blaine does things using his own free will and thinks up (I suppose) his own stunts. His stunts bore me though. I don't know why risking your life is considered clever. But again, at least he had the choice.

I understand exactly what you mean.

However, it's not just China that seems to be producing more "talent" contests where kids are involved.

The same would go for beauty pageant contests in America involving dozens of over-sexualised twirling five-year-old girls (sometimes in almost raunchy outfits) which equates to the 'twirling in time to music' in Dog Agility at the Crufts Dog Show.

Also, I've seen how overbearing parents can put pressure on their children (sometimes as young as eight), playing a game of competitive football. Parents can often be seen stomping their feet, screaming and even yelling obscenities due to their frustration.

Even the BBC Young Musician of the Year has had the authorities worried that the competitive ethos might be damaging to children and could be opening them up to exploitation by ruthless Talent Agents fishing for the latest child prodigy who can play a Mozart concerto in public.

But still, I feel, the children are talented ... it's only wrong when they are exploited by parents and other adults.