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David Blaine Says The Magic Of ‘Do Not Attempt’ Is In People Doing “The Invisible Work” To Astonish – Contenders TV: Docs, Unscripted & Variety


David Blaine Do Not Attempt is a six-part documentary series for Nat Geo that explores the world through the lens of magic.

Since there was no YouTube, Blaine would spend hours at a broadcasting museum to watch old clips of the infamous trickster who could drink kerosene, spit it out and ignite an “enormous fire like a human dragon.” No matter how many glasses of liquid he consumed, however, Blaine couldn’t quite figure out how the human fire hydrant performed his feat of magic. To pull off the ultimate trick, Blaine relied on a veritable snake charmer named Fitz whom he met in Indonesia.

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