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Monster©
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Username: Monster
Post Number: 3904
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, July 1, 2006 - 12:12 am: | 
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the top half from the bottom.
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Scully
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Username: Scully
Post Number: 701
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, July 1, 2006 - 1:49 am: |
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HOW?????!! |
justmelaura
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Username: Justmelaura
Post Number: 787
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, July 1, 2006 - 2:09 am: |
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Goodness, need to watch it a few more times. I've actually been an assistant to a magician in my past life, been sawed in half, skewered, lit on fire, etc.
Very good show monster |
Scully
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Username: Scully
Post Number: 705
Registered: 8-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, July 1, 2006 - 2:33 am: |
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But do you know how they did it? |
us2inFL
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Username: Us2innj
Post Number: 1467
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, July 1, 2006 - 8:26 am: |
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I would rather separate than seperate.
My podiatrist did say I had a tendency to supinate. |
Tom N
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Username: Tjn
Post Number: 142
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, July 1, 2006 - 10:51 am: |
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I've seen Criss Angel's live show before but he certainly didn't do this feat. It looked pretty amazing but unless I can see it in front of me, I always have doubts with video. |
rocste
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Username: Cocky123
Post Number: 8
Registered: 1-2006
| | Posted on Monday, July 3, 2006 - 8:16 am: |
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That was the equivalent of a cruel joke. You guys did not see she was a woman we no legs? She had prosthesis and I think its absolutely tasteless. I know what I'm talking about because I'm married to a professional magician at Criss Angel's level. |
Monster©
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Username: Monster
Post Number: 3919
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Monday, July 3, 2006 - 9:00 am: |
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I actually think it was two women, one with no legs, and the other a skinny contortionist all bent over with her head between her legs. |
Calliope
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Username: Calliope
Post Number: 516
Registered: 3-2006
| | Posted on Monday, July 3, 2006 - 9:14 am: |
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This from Snopes.com:
Origins: The above-linked video, which shows a woman seemingly being pulled apart at the waist (and surviving the process), is yet another entry in the list of images difficult to classify with simple "true" or "false" ratings. The best we can do is provide answers to some of the multiple questions viewers might ask about it:
The man shown orchestrating this event is magician Criss Angel, and this clip was taken from his Mindfreak television program, which airs on the A&E cable channel.
The illusion he performs is not dependent upon video manipulation or digital trickery — it can be executed essentially as shown in the video clip.
The woman is not actually being pulled apart; she's taking part in what is commonly known as a "magic trick."
More than that we cannot say without running afoul of the magician's code, other than to note that more information about this type of illusion is available to those willing to expend the effort to look for it. For example, illusionist Ricky Jay describes an earlier version of this trick in his book Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women:
During the performance of a stage illusion show, a magician requested the help of a volunteer from the audience. An unassuming fellow stood up and climbed onstage. The man was placed in a wooden box and the familiar sawing-in-half illusion commenced. The box was severed and each half separated to the delight of the audience. The halves were then pushed together and the volunteer restored. The volunteer walked back to his seat amidst resounding applause. Suddenly, in full view of the audience, he toppled over and split apart at the waist. His legs walked off to the left, and his torso crawled to the right. Gasps and screams were heard in the audience. Many people fainted. Others fled the theater. The disturbance it created was so disruptive, the effect was never repeated.
To viewers determined to figure out on their own how the illusion is accomplished, we'd recommend watching this video clip several times with a skeptical eye, keeping in mind the whole time that:
It isn't "magic" — there's a logical and straightforward explanation for what you're seeing.
All the details of the performance — even actions and appearances that are seemingly innocuous or unimportant — have a purpose.
Last updated: 22 June 2006
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Arnomation
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Username: Arnomation
Post Number: 618
Registered: 7-2003
| | Posted on Monday, July 3, 2006 - 9:24 am: |
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I don't think it's any more or less tasteless than the fact that they use amputees in movies for battle scenes where an arm or leg gets chopped off in some way. I guess it could be contrued as mean to scare the bejeezus out of thse people but I see it more as creative than as tasteless. |
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