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For his next trick, David Blaine will don magnetic boots to walk upside down across a metal tight rope high above Central Park's Wollman Rink for three days straight. The special, entitled "Dive of Death" (and not "Douche 'N Boots," which is what I've named it), will air on ABC in late September. Why it's called "Dive of Death" instead of "Really High Tight Rope of Possible But Unlikely Death Due to the Aid of Magnetic Boots" is beyond me. Probably has something to do with character count limit or something. Anyway, after drowning himself, freezing himself, burying himself alive and all the other crazy things he's done for money, I'm just kind of underwhelmed by this one. The magnetic boots will allow him to be as sloppy as can be, even allowing him to sleep on the job (upside down like a bat, but still), which definitely sounds uncomfortable, but it also sounds like something anybody with a lot of patience and an insatiable need for attention could accomplish. I'll let this one slide, but I've got a few suggestions that will truly wow the public for Blaine's next trick. Kidnap the World's Greatest Scientists, Make Them Create a Real Jurassic Park, Teach the Velociraptors to Juggle: It's not impressive enough to just bring dinosaurs back from extinction -- anybody can do that. I know because I saw it in a movie. The true prestige of this trick would be to transform the heinously violent nature of these creatures into light child's birthday party entertainment. Sure, you might lose a few toddlers here and there in the trial periods, but think of what hope it would give us for repeat assaulters like the Chupacabra or Mike Tyson.
Buy the DeLorean Off eBay, Invent Time Travel, Bring Me Back a Bitchin' Sword: This one's as self-explanatory as it is absolutely necessary.
Get a Desk Job Like the Rest of Us, Act Like a Normal Human Being: Blaine strikes me as the kid in Toys 'R Us who held his breath until he got whatever he wanted, all grown up. Angel just thinks he is convinced he's a bat. Either way, dude's freak show persona is beat. The best thing he could do publicly at this juncture (I read everything Gawker writes about Lizzie Grubman, so I am literally a PR expert) is to shock us all by becoming an account executive at MetLife for 72 whole hours! He'd have to wear a tie! And attend meetings! And... make water cooler small talk! And photocopies! And not hold his breath or nearly fall off a building or anything for a paycheck for once! Actually, this may be the one stunt David Blaine cannot do. All the others, no problem, but this one? Let's just say the gauntlet is set, Blaine. Make your move!
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