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DAVID BLAINE: REAL OR MAGIC?
November 19, 2013  | By David Bianculli

ABC, 9:30 p.m. ET

 

It’s a fun idea for a special: Put magician David Blaine up close and personal, as usual, to do his tricks, but this time with celebrities as the ones being thrown by his illusions. So you get Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul of Breaking Bad dropping their jaws in amazement. And Katy Perry. And Ricky Gervais, and many others. Of course, while you’re watching their reactions, you’re paying less careful attention to what Blaine is doing. It’s called misdirection, Hollywood style. And why not?

 
 
 
 
 
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