Blaine & Angel
David Blaine at his hight was creating the kind of publicity & awareness that has not been seen since the likes of Houdini. Yes he is know for his bizarre publicity stunts-his image was fresh & his style unique, & is one of the most talked-about magicians of our time. David Blaine has also made magic alot more popular, & i think many of todays young magicians got into magic because of seeing Blaine's magic.
As David Blaine is a close-up magician showing people that you do not need expensive sets & careful lighting to perform miracles. Criss Angel is a stage performer (illusionist), bring his acts on the streets also showing illusion's can be performed without the big stages, trapdoors, lighting etc too. They are two very different types of performers, & it's been interesting to seeing how Crisis's camp has brought some of the illusion onto the streets. & you can see Crisis & his camp taking magic with there illusions to new levels, with there levitation, vanishes, walking on water, etc. iam interested to see how they are going to pull-off one of there new stunts, where Crisis's body is signed then he transpo himself from the top of a building to the bottom before an object he has dropped hits the floor.
I love Close-up magic myself over illusions for many reason, i would perform one or two illusions which does not uses stooges etc. but many illusions relay on stooges & other stage men behind the scenes, then there is some of the camera work behind illusions also. As performers they are both doing there jobs entertaining the public by means of magic. I feel Criss goes over the top with some of his effects, I also feel both of these performers love the Art of Magic as i do & the rest of us do.