FOR David Blaine, it has all begun beautifully. Even before the magician stepped into his glass prison and was hoisted high above the river Thames, controversy was simmering nicely. True, the start of his stunt last week could have been more sensational, but it still earned him front-page headlines in Britain.
For anyone who missed it, here are the basics. Blaine, an American illusionist with a penchant for feats of endurance, is suspended in a plexiglas box measuring 2 metres high, 2 metres long and a metre wide. With him he has clothes, blankets, a mat, journal, pens, lip balm,…
