It’s been months since David Blaine emerged from his fish bowl and magician Curtis Lovee II is still chasing Blaine. In a recent release, Lovee stated that he is still awaiting Blaine’s response to his duel face-off challenge and furthermore, wants to challenge psychic John Edward’s supernatural abilities.
According to Lovee, not only did Blaine fail his last stunt with the world watching, he continues to ignore Curtis Lovell’s multiple requests for a duel face-off challenge. Lovee has contacted Blaine multiple times via certified mail and email. For the past several months, Lovee has been vocal about Blaine’s lackluster performances, beginner-level stunts and the way he manipulates the audience while making a mockery of the magic industry.
Dueling Magicians
As we reported in an earlier article, the setup would be simple. Each escape artist performs a dangerous stunt in front of a live audience on national television. After each performance, viewers get to choose the routine that was more entertaining and stunning. As of today, Lovee says that Blaine has not responded to the duel challenge nor attempted to combat the allegations Lovell has made towards him.
Words From Beyond
Additionally, Lovee is questioning the legitimacy of John Edward, the well known psychic. After reviewing his books and watching his television show Crossing Over, Lovee has concluded that Edward is misleading readers, audience members and television viewers by having them believe his purported psychic abilities, including communicating with the dead and predicting future events.
Lovee says that it is extremely dangerous for those who deem Edward as a psychic expert because no one should trust his antics, like communicating with deceased loved ones, because it is all done using tricks. Lovee even goes on to say that these types of tricks can cause psychological damage to family members who believe in his work.
“Talking to the dead died out in the 1920’s when the great Houdini challenged the psychics and mediums to a $10,000 challenge,” says Lovee. “I want to bring back his legacy by replicating the Houdini challenge with John Edward. Anything that Edward claims to be doing through supernatural abilities I can do using simple magic tricks - and that is what I want to prove.” To present the challenge, Lovee contacted Edward for the first time last week through a certified letter and email.
Lovee, who resides in the Los Angeles area, is an illusionist and escape artist. Some of his more daring stunts include being lifted 50 feet in the air above buildings, chained to two steel plates and then submerged into oceans and rivers. Lovee can be seen cutting and dicing the world’s most famous heiress, Paris Hilton, in her television reality show, The Simple Life. Additionally, he has just released his first instructional magic “DVD, Poof! You are a Magician.”
