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David Blaine ( David Blaine : Do Not Attempt ) on being parodied by South Park and other television show , as well as by films .
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There ’s something to be say about the magic of pop cultivation relevance , andDavid Blainehas suffer for over 25 yr since emerging in the late 1990s inDavid Blaine : Street Magic . He ’s been parodied on several show and films fromSouth Parkand the 2013 Warner Bros comedyThe Incredible Burt Wonderstone . While promoting his upcoming six - part seriesDavid Blaine : Do Not Attempt(because even spell out it out to your audience sometimes does n’t have the desired effect ) , the street magician and conjuror talk toVarietyabout why he " loved " his most popular spoof .
David Blaine Critiques His Parodies on South Park, Saturday Night Live, and ‘The Incredible Burt Wonderstone’
When asked about what he thought aboutJim Carrey’scharacter of Steve Gray , who was identify by directorDon Scardinoas " if David Blaine and Criss Angel had a tiddler , " Blaine said , " They ask me about it . I said . ' Well , do n’t do me on the dot … ' So they veered off a little scrap and made it kind of a mixture of mass . But I love those spoofs , and they make me express joy . " Carrey ’s Gray was the rival ofSteve Carell’sBurt Wonderstone , performing extortionate " stunts " like holding his bladder for an torturesome amount of time as a run of endurance and attempting to bore into his mentality using a power drill as a show of discipline ( Spoiler : he failedmiserably ) .
Blaine was parodied on theSouth Parkseason five episode " Super Best Friends , " which parodied the Hanna Barbara / DC quislingism 70 cartoonSuper Friendsbut replaced the superheroes with religious figures of Jesus , Muhammad , Yahweh , Buddha , Joseph Smith , Laozi , Krishna , and the Comedy Central serial ' take on Aquaman , " Sea Man " . The serial publication interpretation of Blaine was a religious cult loss leader as one of the several instance whenSouth Parkskewered Scientology . " The one thing I wondered about was ' South Park ' because they would have me say ' twah ' at the end of sentences , " Blaine said . " So I inquire them , ' Where did the ' twah ' come from ? ' And [ Matt Stone ] told me , ' Oh , there ’s a guy I fit to eminent school with that always said ' twah ' and I had to use it , so I throw it in there . ' "
For more , including his thought on a pre - SNLMikey Dayparody , survival psychometric test , and , of course , magic , you could check out the balance of theinterview . David Blaine : Do Not Attemptis available on March 23rd on Disney+ , Hulu , and National Geographic .
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