Tourist Attraction
I was watching CNN tonight. At the end of the broadcast, they had one of those offbeat stories. It seems that David Blaine, a "street magician" notorious for performing some really bizarre stunts, is attempting another one, this time in London.
It appears that Mr. Blaine has placed himself inside a clear, glass box that is sealed and suspended 30 ft or so above the Thames River by a crane. There's not much in the box besides Mr. Blaine. He will endure starvation for the next 44 days.
What I found amazing is that Mr. Blaine and his promoters hope that this stunt will become a "major tourist attraction." Imagine, a man starving to death being promoted as a tourist attraction. What a decadent world we must be living in when starvation becomes spectacle for gawkers.
I bet if we worked hard enough we could find a few thousand starving children to watch. Of course, they wouldn't have Mr. Blaine's self-aggrandizement for us to enjoy.
K-
Maybe I'm just strange, but the thing about this that disturbs me the most is the fact that his excrement will just stay in there with him. Even if he has a place to drain it...well, I don't want to go into that...let's just say it disturbs me.