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by SeeYouNextTuesday on November 29th, 2006

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Criss Angel: Fake or the Real Deal?

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  • by faithfulvisions freebagger on July 24th, 2007

    faithfulvisions freebagger

    a really good faker!!!!

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  • by teknimage on November 29th, 2006

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    Real deal in that he is a preeminent prestidigitator. He blows minds and perceptions of reality. Isn't that what people in his profession supposed to do? Personally, I think his tricks and stunts are awesome.

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  • by Mr. Pudge on May 29th, 2007

    Mr. Pudge

    Hes Not Fake. Hes an Illusionist. He Tricks the mind. He does not do magic. Hes not Harry Potter. So he is real as it gets.

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  • by Squirrel Face on May 5th, 2008

    Squirrel Face

    I think his tricks are kind of cool, but Jesus, that guy is the biggest douche I've ever seen in my entire life. Seriously, listen to what he says, he's just a gigantic douche. If I were Spanish I would call him El Douche Gigante

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  • by LostCreek on June 14th, 2007

    LostCreek

    Chris angel does things that totally blow the mind, and therefor hes doing his job and that is being someone or something that people cant explain. So fake or not he entertains people enough to debate it.

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  • by Truthbeknown on June 12th, 2007

    Truthbeknown

    Both he and David Blaine are fakes. That is, they are not true illusionist. They rely mostly on camera tricks to fool watchers that they are seeing it as it happened.

    Most people in the audience are not in a position to see the illusion verry well, and they splice reaction shots to make it look like people are more impressed then the "entire" audience really is.

    He is not a professional Illusionist, he is a TV actor!

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  • by Sonja911 on May 26th, 2007

    Sonja911

    I'm not sure what he is, but he is very good at it! I raelly enjoy the show and alot of the stunts or tricks he performs. It really makes you think.

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  • by meowry on May 5th, 2008

    meowry

    No, I was thinking more like "flake". I don't know whether he is fake or not. From what I can tell, he's just a masochistic goth with an attention-seeking problem.

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  • by leefo3 on January 8th, 2008

    leefo3

    First off he's an artist. Secondly, he's an entertainer. Like it or not, admit it or not, Criss is a very good magician. Most magicians really seek to entertain, not challenge the the spectators on whether or not they can "catch" him or "bust" him. It is done to merely amuse you for a moment or two and be a fun interaction with another individual or group of people.

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  • by Warren on January 5th, 2008

    Warren

    He uses post production work, post production cuts, special effects, actors, studios, and props,

    but he is a great entertainer.

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  • by muddy158 on November 24th, 2007

    muddy158

    some of his tricks are fake like how he levates.

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  • by whytie on November 3rd, 2007

    whytie

    FAKE.... all in the camera - until someone I know sees him live, I will continue to believe that he is a terrible illusionist.

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  • by travis bickle on July 7th, 2007

    travis bickle

    I'd go with... complete ass.

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  • by BrightLights on June 14th, 2007

    BrightLights

    He would need to take a few acting lessons for me to be convinced he's talented in his field.

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  • by jennifer on April 28th, 2007

    jennifer

    i know that he is real and fake but that doesn't mean i dislike him or his tv shows it's somthing to entertain me anymore in this world so i'll always be a criss angel fan no matter what and come to think of it he's worked hard on freaking people out but like i said he can be real then he can be fake who knows.

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  • by American idle on April 13th, 2007

    American idle

    I don't know, I'm sure there's a "trick" somewhere, of course, but he is really good!

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  • by Anonymous on April 13th, 2007

    Anonymous

    It depends all on you. Others think he's a great illusionist, others think he's an awesome magician. Others think he's a fake, and others think he has a pact with the devil just because the way he dresses. I personally think he's a great illusionist. Not only do his tricks look extremely believable, but the fact he's not fancy with the smoke like david copperfield, makes it all more believable. Take your own opinion, and watch some of his tricks on youtube. You'll be surprised. Yet there is no proof that proves him to be a fake, it's all magic.

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  • by dirtyrat on October 2nd, 2008

    dirtyrat

    Does anybody here watch wrestling...there is your answer...we all know it's fake...but we love it anyway.
    Angel entertains, there is no question about that. With any magic trick we know it is an illusion...some sort of trick. I have one small problem with him however...I think a alot of his stuff is done with actors and film editing. A good illusion is done live in front of an audience...like Copperfield.

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  • by GHOST on August 28th, 2008

    GHOST

    I have heard alot of peoples oppinions and have watched all the videos on his tricks. Criss Angel pulls off tricks that no video on the internet can explain. He is a real mind freak capable of minipulating the reality around him .Call me close minded but I have studied quantum and particle physics aswell as modern day magic "chaos magic" backed by scientific theory and mathematics even. I can only come to one conclusion. It is undeniable. We can manifest and minipulate reality. Our mind can travel back and forward in time (but only along the most probable time line of events) It is starting to be recognised today in the form of movies such as "the secret" and "what the bleep do we know". I recommend both the movies as they give a very basic understanding of the mind and what it is capable of. Let me put it in a way that might make it more believable for the non-believers. Our body is made of cells which in turn are made of atoms, which are made of electrons orbiting a nucleus with the nuclues being made from protons and neutrons which are made of quarks and so on and so forth, but at the most funemental level there is only one thing from which every thing else is composed of, not millions of this one thing but only one thing. We are all essentially connected at the most fundemental level. It is seen in chaos mathematics that a totally probabalistic system can form patterns, and that one tiny change anywhere in the system will have drastic implications on the whole system, little changes can have big effects. This is how I essentially explain how real magic is easily possible if one truly believes and has enough control over their mind, due to the fact that everything is essentially connected and one single system, if our thoughts are powerful enough and concertrated in the right way, the sytem will show changes that may seem external (such as lifting a pen with your mind) but are actually very connected to you and your input. That is probably the quickest explenation of these concepts I have given but thanx for hearing my opinion and if anyone is new to (or already has an interest in) these theories and concepts i'm always looking for more abstract thinkers to share my ideas with and learn the ideas others have to offer. There are an infinite amount of possibilities and yet we are confined to the most likely of them.

    P.S. - We interbred with aliens thousands of years ago and in 2012 they will come and save the few who understand the way of the new age.

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  • by Anonymous on May 3rd, 2008

    Anonymous

    he's half real half fake,if you watch the video where he's.walking on water thers's an asian woman in the pool at the end of the video.now focus on her,and look at the video where he levitates from building to building at the end the same woman appears.this leads me to believe that she was hired to make the feeling more real.

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  • by iLove on January 26th, 2008

    iLove

    Fake is you believe him to be. Real if you believe him to be.

    It's your decision.

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  • by Cowboy-Matter of Fact on October 28th, 2007

    Cowboy-Matter of Fact

    All illusions are fake, if you think different you are a moron. That does not mean they cannot be entertaining. Keep your perspective in reality and enjoy the show!

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  • by Habba Wants Pizza on October 28th, 2007

    Habba Wants Pizza

    Magic can't be real, he's good at his "tricks",btw he looks HOTTTT.

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  • by Bartman on October 28th, 2007

    Bartman

    David Blaine should kiss Criss's ass. Honestly, I'm not sure if either of them are fake or real. They are both illusionists and at the end of the day they are supposed to entertain the audience. Criss entertains while David scares.

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  • by regzdabomb on October 28th, 2007

    regzdabomb

    criss is so freaken freaky it,s awsome i wish i could be as mind blowing as he i,m in love with that mindfreak

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  • by engineer is Terminator on July 31st, 2007

    engineer is Terminator

    We have all witnessed it on the streets and on our television sets.Why to question his talents.Why only he?
    David blane is there even the great David copper field.

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  • by killdrphil - reasonable for a madman on July 31st, 2007

    killdrphil - reasonable for a madman

    All of them are fake. It's illusion. It's not real. Like that one time he sawed that girl in half and she ran away with half a body. Well, she was a midget with legs that were hidden. He just made it look like she was a normal sized woman with half a body running away.

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  • by XCourtneyXBlackX on July 31st, 2007

    XCourtneyXBlackX

    I enjoy his show, he does exactly what he's meant to. He's brilliant and all I have to say to those who say he isn't a real illusionist is if he is as bad as you people say why has he won the magician of the year award more then once in a row? That right there proves that he is in fact real to an extent. However everyone knows magic isn't real, its for entertainment purposes to keep people thinking how did they do that and give them something to believe in.

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  • by XxXCriss_AngelXxX on July 24th, 2007

    XxXCriss_AngelXxX

    I Know How To Do Some Of His Tricks....But Hes The Real Deal Half The Time N.E.Ways bcuz my cousins went n saw him in Vegas an in NY. I Truly LOVE him. But I Know How He Set Himself On Fire N Walk On Water. Pretty Simple But I Still Like Him. He's An Illusionist. He's Meant To Trick The Minds Eye...umm most of his tricks are REAL!. But Yeah Don't Waste You Time Sitten in front of your T.V Trying To Figure It Out, Hes Meant For Entertainement (SP?).
    Hope Dat Helps
    I'm Outtie
    Cara

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  • by jiggy122335143 on July 7th, 2007

    jiggy122335143

    i think some of criss' tricks are real and some not.hes show is cool to watch though

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  • by Mr. McClister on November 29th, 2006

    Mr. McClister

    He is a Magician...definitely fake, however; highly entertaining...

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  • by aarradcliff on April 13th, 2009

    aarradcliff

    i agreed with LostCreek.

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  • by rezakusha on March 28th, 2011

    rezakusha

    in the name of whole pure clean spirit specific god.
    in my country and abroad of it im filter but they claim freedom so i write it every were.
    i love CHRIST ( MASIHA_ISSA) becase real Clean Clear dear HONEST and PROPHET of GOD like MOHAMAD my PROPHET and my all 12 EMAMS.and i lov all of them because i love honest so i love the god . and i love you and i proud to you because of you are man & homo & thinking and have KNOWLEDGE an know honest and therefore GOD.so satan or evill and magic and criss angel is lie and come from poor of KNOWLEDGE & its not knowledge(beacuase it make us not wiser it make us more confuse ) GOD have all KNOWLEDGE inth best form. out of capacity of my any mind and sum of all mind.so we believe it & want from it & iteslf obey it .and hate foolishness that born lie and magic and evill minds and evill things .i love GOD(ALLAH) so i love all the honest becase : "rescue(release) is in honest" GHORAN says. i hope best thing for us from our god my brothers an sisters.

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  • by rezakusha on March 28th, 2011

    rezakusha

    in the name of whole god different in name but refer to one gad(all creatures know it and nothing be with out it)
    in my country and abroad of it im filter but they claim freedom so i write it every were.
    i love CHRIST ( MASIHA_ISSA) becase real Clean Clear dear HONEST and PROPHET of GOD like MOHAMAD my PROPHET and my all 12 EMAMS.and i lov all of them because i love honest so i love the god . and i love you and i proud to you because of you are man & homo & thinking and have KNOWLEDGE an know honest and therefore GOD.so satan or evill and magic and criss angel is lie and come from poor of KNOWLEDGE & its not knowledge(beacuase it make us not wiser it make us more confuse ) GOD have all KNOWLEDGE inth best form. out of capacity of my any mind and sum of all mind.so we believe it & want from it & iteslf obey it .and hate foolishness that born lie and magic and evill minds and evill things .i love GOD(ALLAH) so i love all the honest becase : "rescue(release) is in honest" GHORAN says. i hope best thing for you from our god my brothers.

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  • by Anonymous on May 5th, 2008

    Anonymous

    I believe camera angles, sleight of hand, confidence and well thought out props help to make his tricks seem more realistic. The tricks themselves are all illusion, but the amount of practice required to pull them off is extraordinary. I wouldn't say he's a fake. Just extremely dedicated to what he does.

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  • by jdog on July 17th, 2008

    jdog

    if a camera can make Stallone appear 6ft. and make Matt Damon into a badass and Tobey Maguire into the ultimate superhero imagine what the trickery of a camera lens could do for a trained professional like Angel - saw his show the other night where he lifts a car 4ft. off the ground - there's guys 3x his size who lift there whole life some as a profession that couldn't equivocate that feat of strength - I'll take nothing away from the guy he's definately great at what he does - just like Blaine - but these guys can't fly, or walk on water, eat glass, lift cars, or pick lottery numbers - there's a reason why its called an illusion - the mind can sometimes see what it wants to see - Angel is nothing more than a great Acid trip

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  • by CertainlyNotKat on July 26th, 2008

    CertainlyNotKat

    he's not a fake or anything. he's just an illusionist. he's really good at it in my opinion. he can definately blow my mind with the stunts and tricks he pulls. i would never be able to do those. it takes alot of experience and hes very committed to entertaining. he's amazing.

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  • by Anonymous on July 24th, 2008

    Anonymous

    All illusionists are fake in some way or another.

    However, Criss Angel is bogus because unlike a live stage magician or a REAL street magician, in many of the "tricks" he does, the ENTIRE live audience can see exactly how it's done; only the TV viewers are fooled because he uses camera tricks, editing, digital effects, etc., and/or bribes or convinces his whole (live) audience to pretend to be amazed.

    I don't have a problem with illusions being "tricks", as long as the tricks are not obvious to everyone who sees them in person. I don't have a problem with illusionists using one or a few "confederates" who are in on the trick, when they're part of a larger audience who don't know and who don't spot the gag during the performance.

    It's when an illusion is so contrived as to be just like a movie special effect, where none of it looked like anything special in reality at the time it was taped, that's when I get disgusted. Criss, you're not entertaining to me anymore. That goes for you too, David Blaine.

    Criss uses a mixture of about half "classic" illusions (appearing unexplainable to most of the people who see them in person) and half bogus illusions that only become confounding after editing and digital compositing for TV.

    Examples:
    classic-
    -woman pulled apart
    -criss goes through glass without breaking it
    -criss is placed atop spiked fence and soon becomes impaled
    -criss vanishes from atop outdoor cafe table

    bogus-
    -car plows criss through concrete block wall
    -criss vanishes in middle of motorcycle jump through fireball
    -criss levitates between rooftops
    -criss makes humvee and more than a dozen soldiers appear out of nowhere in middle of military base

    The first two of the bogus tricks I listed were so bad, that he didn't even have a live audience present. I guess he didn't want word to get out that he's not a real illusionist, just a bad actor for the video editors to work their own completely different form of "magic" upon.

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  • by Paty_S on October 4th, 2010

    Paty_S

    Any good magician can pull off a good trick no matter what. The fact that the people on the street didn't see it coming doesn't mean they don't know it was a trick, it means they weren't expecting him to do what he did. By the way I found a website that give you prizes for your opinions and 4 play games here is the topic about Chris:
    http://opinion.ezwingame.com/topics/chris-angel-real-or-fake

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  • by noss222 on September 20th, 2010

    noss222

    umm i dont know what yall think, i honestly dont give a shit, but criss angel does some trippy ass shit and its the real deal, can you do what he does no you cant cause hes a magician, your not, so just everyone needs too drop this non sense and just believe this is the real deal

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  • by dr_magik on February 2nd, 2010

    dr_magik

    i think sometimes he tricks are fake but sometimes they look real and are real so its like both

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  • by xtinox on December 22nd, 2009

    xtinox

    hes absolutely fake ...its all commercial .. i think he should do something better than makes people believe that he could do some tricks like that ... some tricks are cool like magic card tricks .. but like the video " maria " the 12 years kids that died .. common its absolutely 100000% fake ...

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  • by nithesh on February 19th, 2010

    nithesh

    criss angel is not a fake illusionists. his tricks are real. In one of his episodes in spoke about the yogis.( priest gurus of hindu religion). yogis can walk on water. they can float in the air. they have a power siddhi. thats what criss angel doing now. he learned all those tricks from the asian religion. this is it. believe it or not its up to you and your thoughts. i believe in it upto 99.9 %.

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  • by nithesh on February 19th, 2010

    nithesh

    david blaine is fake illusionist i should say. most of his tricks has been revealed by criss angel.

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  • by SasoriThePuppetMaster on August 13th, 2010

    SasoriThePuppetMaster

    He is the world greatest illusionist. Pathetic how people are so stumped by his illusions that they have to slander his name to feel smart.

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  • by Demonica on July 27th, 2008

    Demonica

    hes so fake

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  • by xena-angel on July 27th, 2008

    xena-angel

    Major fake. I don't know how he does it, but I know the people who are the "by-standers" are a setup.

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  • by JuJubee is wearing a COAT of chocolate on October 2nd, 2008

    JuJubee is wearing a COAT of chocolate

    Slight of hand. He is awesome.

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  • by halfmoonsteel on October 1st, 2008

    halfmoonsteel

    He will tell you himself that he is only an illusionist, and a damn good one at that. No David Blane is a freak.

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  • by glamorgirli on October 2nd, 2008

    glamorgirli

    I really think hes an Alien from another planet...he's crazy, I want to know how he does the things he does so bad!!!

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