Street Magic—Woman pulled in half

I love street magic, especially when the participants get freaked out.

Any ideas how this is done?
Little people? Animatronics?

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Posted By: gdanea - Thu Jul 23, 2009
Category: Magic and Illusions and Sleight of Hand

Comments

Good trick

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 07/24/09 at 12:16 AM

it's a set up. all of them are involved as well as trick photography.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 07/24/09 at 07:07 AM

Ya'll are nuts! It's magic. Really!

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Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 07/24/09 at 10:27 AM

Contortionists have all the fun!

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 07/24/09 at 12:20 PM

@Expat-
No, people who date contortionists have all the fun!

Posted by StanFlouride on 07/24/09 at 12:40 PM

soooo you're sayin' you don't like chris angel then mw? sorry but i'm just not great with subtlety honey. 😜

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 07/24/09 at 03:42 PM

:ahhh: If someone pulled me apart, I don't think the first thing I would do would be to run off on my hands. Just a thought. They are few and far between.

Posted by Mini Viking on 07/24/09 at 03:49 PM

any single female contortionist out there?

Posted by mrjazz on 07/24/09 at 05:58 PM

Chris Angel had a show in Vegas with Cirque Du Soleil. Talk about ruining a good thing.

Posted by Pablo on 07/24/09 at 10:16 PM

Well I like Cirque Du Soliel's. Most of them anyhow. They are all really stylized with live music. Pretty classy yet amazing stuff. Amongst live performances I would have to say Cirque is easily one of the best. But Cris Angel with Cirque is like having Limb Bizkit perform at the Sistine Chapel.

Posted by Pablo on 07/26/09 at 06:44 PM

I might add I've seen a lot of live performances. Like Steve O's live show. It completely sucked but that's what I expected. I had to leave when he started cutting his tongue with a broken lightbulb. This was off course after he stapled bras to his chest. I hadn't eaten all day and decided to get really stoned before the show. I started to get woozy then went to the bathroom and that was an equally disgusting sensory experience so we left.

Posted by Pablo on 07/26/09 at 06:50 PM

wow that sounds really gross. but then what else would you expect from one of the jackass crowd. now there is a bunch of talentless people. nothing but gross out comedy.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 07/26/09 at 10:32 PM

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