2. Effect: The main effect is to complete the "narrow escape" in a seemingly impossible environment.
3. Principle: body coordination, unarmed unlocking, cartilage, eye blocking and other methods.
4. Celebrity: Houdini
5. Celebrity introduction:
189 1 year, he officially became a professional magician and began to call himself Harry Houdini. Houdini's reason is to pay tribute to the French magician Jean Eugene Robert Houdin. Houdini did not become his dharma name until 19 13. At first, his career as a magician was not successful, but in 1893, he met Wilhelmina Beatrice (Beth), who was also a magician. After three weeks of enthusiastic pursuit, they entered the auditorium. Beth will be his acting assistant for the rest of his acting career.
At first, Houdini performed some tricks related to playing cards, and even called himself "the king of playing cards". His most famous magic trick, but it has nothing to do with escape, is that he once made an adult elephant disappear from the stage above the swimming pool of London Racecourse.
He soon began to try to escape. 1899 When Harry Houdini met the circus owner Martin Baker, he finally made a "major breakthrough" in his career. Martin praised Houdini's handcuff tricks, so he suggested that he continue to concentrate on the performance of "Escape" and arrange for him to tour the Orpheum Vaudeville Theatre. In a few months, he constantly appeared on the stage of many top variety theaters in China. 1900, Houdini traveled all over Europe. By the time he 1904 returned to China, he was already a household name.
Throughout the 1900 s and 19 10 s, Houdini's performances in the United States were often very successful. He freed himself from handcuffs, fetters, ropes and bound clothes, usually performing while hanging by ropes or trapped in water, and sometimes directly performing in public. 19 13, he took out his most famous trick, the Chinese waterboarding cell. He will be hung upside down in a closed box made of glass and steel, and the water in the box will be filled until it overflows.
In the book published by 1920s, he explained some secrets of his tricks. Most locks or handcuffs can be easily untied by skilled efforts, and some need the assistance of shoelaces. In addition, sometimes, he secretly carries unlocked tools or keys, and the small keys are easily ruminated by him. He was able to escape from a seemingly solid milk can because the bottleneck and the can can can be easily separated from it. When tied tightly by rope or clothes, in order to make room for twisting, he first spread his shoulders and chest, spread his arms outward, and then dislocated his shoulders. Originally, he used to hide behind the curtain and perform the escape with his clothes tied, and then only appeared when he got out of trouble, but Houdini found that when he performed in front of the curtain, the audience could enjoy the whole escape process. On many occasions, he even hung himself upside down on the roof to perform the escape of tied clothes to increase the suspense effect.