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Ten thousand spectators gathered by the side of the Thames on 19th October, 2003 to watch street magician/illusionist David Blaine come back down to Earth, having spent 44 days suspended in a perspex box in a stunt called \u2018Above The Below\u2019.\nIt was an accomplishment almost sabotaged by the British tabloid media and general public, who had heckled him, tried to dismantle his crane, and even flown up a hamburger on a drone to taunt him.\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly ask why Londoners were so hostile to this performance art unfolding in their midsts; explain what Dizzee Rascal had to do with it all; and reveal exactly how Blaine did a wee, whilst suspended in mid-air\u2026\nFurther Reading:\n\u2022 \u2018Above the Below\u2019 - David Blaine\u2019s Official Website:\xa0https://davidblaine.com/above-the-below/\n\u2022 \u2018Remembering David Blaine's 44 days in a glass box, which frustrated the British public like no other act of performance art\u2019 (The Independent, 2018):\xa0https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/david-blaine-london-glass-box-stunt-reaction-starvation-above-below-a8523606.html\n\u2022 \u2018David Blaine - Above the Below\u2019 (Harmony Korine, 2003):\xa0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki5fRls2uv4\nFor bonus material and to support the show, visit\xa0Patreon.com/Retrospectors\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2021.\n#2000s #Person #Arts #Funny #UK\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices