When the main emphasis of your ABC special is trying to hold your breath for longer than eight minutes and fifty-eight seconds, the special itself probably doesn't need to be longer than a half an hour. You can try to stretch it to an hour, but you'd have to add a lot of filler. If you go for two hours, then the special becomes both an endurance test for the magician and the home audience.
Well, as you probably know by now, David Blaine did not break the record for holding one's breath underwater the longest. Granted, if he actually did spend seven days underwater and his body had taken the punishment it supposedly had, lasting for seven minutes and eight seconds was a feat in and of itself. Of course, to get to that point we had to sit through a lot of shots featuring Blaine sitting underwater among sharks and stingrays, or falling into water, or talking about water. Also, we get to hear about his "journey" to his "human aquarium" at Lincoln Center, including all the crazy stunts he had done up to that point.
I've been hard on David Blaine in the past for the same reason a lot of other people give him flak: he has a tendency to call himself a magician and then do bits of public performance art that really have nothing to do with magic. When he starved himself over the River Thames, I became indifference personified, but I have to admit his recent stunt has me more intrigued than I'm willing to admit. Has he really been in that watery globe for a week? If we're to believe reports, he has, and it's been taking a toll on his system. Several news outlets have been reporting that health experts who have been watching Blaine are concerned for his health. One expert says the finale of this stunt, which will 
Will David Blaine drown? Check out live at 8pm on ABC. It's followed by a new What About Brian? Unless Blaine drowns, and then it will probably be followed by ABC news live coverage of his death.
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David Blaine, the street magician turned superstar who proved that
even the most amazing stunts can bore people to tears, will be attempting to yet again raise the interest of an
increasingly uninterested public, this time by immersing himself in a "human aquarium" for seven days
and nights. The stunt will conclude with Blaine trying to hold his breath underwater for longer than eight minutes and
fifty-eight seconds, which is apparently the current record. Well, sure, it's the current human record, but
what about sperm whales? Or heck, even crocodiles? In fact, maybe they should toss a crocodile into the tank and see
which one can hold their breath the longest. Anyway, the finale of Blaine's newest attempt will air on ABC on May 8. At
least this sounds somewhat more exciting than when he didn't eat anything for several days and called it
"magic." That's not magic, that's called being a fashion model.
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