On March 24, 1874, a Jew named Eric Weiss was born in Budapest, Hungary. At the age of four, he emigrated to the United States with his family. At the age of nine, he began to perform acrobatics, flying man in the air. At the age of 17, he was fascinated by magic and officially began his magic performance career. Later, he changed his name to Harry Houdini in memory of the famous French magician Jean Eugene Robert Houdin. Since then, the greatest magician in human history was born. In a list of the world’s top ten famous magicians listed by modern media, Harry Houdini topped the list. Even David Copperfield, who can mysteriously “disappear” the statue of liberty, can only come second.
Born in Hungary, Harry Houdini is an American magician and stunt performer. He is famous all over the world for his sensational escape behavior. He is famous all over the world for his sensational escape behavior. He has such a strong mental ability and escape art. He often said, “no prison can trap me, no handcuffs can bind me
So, what are Houdini’s unique jobs? Why can he stand out in the world of magic with a large number of talents and experts, and enjoy such a high reputation and status?
Talent: his unique job is “escape”
Houdini is known as “the king of handcuffs” and “the master of escape in the world”. His famous stunt is “escape”! He can escape not only from any pair of handcuffs, but also from the places designated by most of the audience. In his own words, “no prison can trap me, no handcuffs can bind me”. He said so and did so. According to statistics, he escaped about 8300 handcuffs and 12000 corsets in his life and defeated 2000 death challenges. His performance was intense, creative and suspense, which amazed audiences all over the world.
In order to pursue the performance effect, Houdini challenged the limits of mankind again and again. He had escaped from sealed beer barrels, from wooden crates full of nails, from locked cans full of milk, and from bronze coffins soaked in swimming pools. Even once, a huge whale was washed up on the beach in Boston, which became his performance prop. He was tied into it and escaped again!
Among all the escape performances, his most famous escape scene is “China waterboarding cell”. In this performance, Houdini only wears tights and is hung upside down in the air into a water tank filled with water, which is then locked. He needs to hold his breath to make sure he doesn’t drown and try to escape. As a result, he completed the feat in less than three minutes. No one knows how he did it. He became a superstar in magic!
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