Who is the most famous magician in America?

Criss angel, the god of street magic in the world, was the only person who won the title of the best magician in the world from 20065438+0 to 2004. His avant-garde style and incredible magic have amazed people all over the world, but he has a tendency of self-destruction and an extremely weird personality. Self-mutilation magic is the best in the world, and illusion magic chinese odyssey. The only magician in Hollywood who is willing to build a theater for him, the only cover figure who can be on the cover of American fashion twice in a row. He was once set as the cover of Time magazine. He is a magician, musician, escape performer and stuntman among magicians. The TV program "Criss Angel Mindfreak" founded by him was first broadcast in July 2005, and all three programs have achieved unprecedented success. The programs of the first two seasons include: water walking, trapeze, magnetic levitation over Luxor Hotel, performing escape in front of the audience, cutting one's body, pressing one's body with a roller, and lying on broken glass. In the filming of the third season, criss angel was accidentally injured and stopped filming for three weeks. Criss angel, a widely admired hero, wants to become a mass media superstar. Angels are rock stars in the wizarding world. They always appear in nostalgic costumes, accompanied by beautiful girls and children, and perform unique tricks-they would rather suffer than be in great danger. The magic of angels is always closely related to profit rate, reinvestment and diversification. You expected to see Tommy Lee, but Donald Trump appeared, only with more beautiful hair. Criss angel, a great artist, is not limited to magic itself. In mindfreak, he uses his own magic and thinking about life and the world to blend in, and he can become an out-and-out magic thinker. Every time he performs a large-scale magic, he tries to trace its history and ins and outs, and then adds something that his predecessors dare not to form his own unique and amazing magic style. However, Richard Kaufman, editor of the industrial trade magazine Genii, believes that magicians cannot become superstars. In his view, only six magicians did it, from Houdini to Brann, and "angels will be next". Next spring, Angel may start a three-month trip to Asia, with an estimated income of $850,000. At the same time, magic, DVD, brand sponsorship, exhibition, American tour and Las Vegas casino performance plan are all in preparation. Angel's annual salary is $2.8 million, and his assistants dream of surpassing david copperfield's annual salary of $5 million. "TV programs provide me with a built-in marketing method. If we don't reinvest, we can't create more art, "Angel said. More art means more money. Who is criss angel? After Cirque du Soleil and Celine Dion, he has such great charm that hotels in Las Vegas are willing to spend hundreds of millions of RMB to build a theater for his performance. This man was once praised by the director of MTV as "a strongman who has mastered the new trend of magic in the future"-criss angel, who just won the 22nd Louis Prize and 25th TV Award last year. In 200 1 year, criss angel's magic performance in the new york World Underground Theater not only caused strong reports in new york newspapers, but also caused strong hurricane vibration in the magic circle, subverting all audiences' cognition of magic. The circular stage stands among the audience, and there is no so-called hidden organ in the background. The audience can watch the performance from any angle, not only the audience will jump out of "How did he do it?" ",even colleagues can't help but ask" why did he do it? In just two years, more than 600 performances were performed, and each performance was packed. New York Post gave high praise to the four stars immediately after the premiere, and new york Magazine even mocked david copperfield, the master of stage illusion magic, david brian, the pioneer of street supernatural magic, Harry Houdini, the father of escape magic, and strongly praised criss angel's performance, because his performance not only covered the essence of the three people, but also far exceeded their skills and creativity. Editing this fantastic performance, Chris Angel's long hair, black eye shadow, black nails and other weird and maverick costumes, just like his other unpredictable performances. For example, it takes only 2 minutes and 26 seconds to complete the upside-down escape performance as high as 10 floor. Eight hooks hang on the muscles of his back for more than 5 hours and stay in a space the size of a telephone booth filled with water for 24 hours ... Chris, who is not limited by space, is even more jaw-dropping. Without any prior arrangement or venue arrangement, Crisangel is like an illusion magician with super powers, constantly challenging or creating extremely dangerous skills. In 200 1 year, when Chris put all these magical magic (or you can also call it magic) on the Broadway stage, Chris combined the Broadway-style rock magic performance, the realism of street performance, the surrealism of Cirque du Soleil and the live heavy metal rock band, which not only challenged the visual limit and shocked the hearing, but also tested your inner strength and created an unprecedented new century of illusion magic. Since then, your magic tradition. The interweaving of illusion and reality, magic and superpowers. June 5438+October 2005 10, criss angel's incredible magic will happen before your eyes! Extraordinary stage and supernatural magic performance, coupled with shocking and weird music style, is this really just magic? Or ... incredible power! "How did he do it?" This is our typical reaction to most magicians, such as "why did he do this?" This is our normal reaction to criss angel. He put a quarter through the skin of his arm, then cut his arm and took it out. He put shaving blades in his mouth as if to swallow them, and then took them back with a thread. He let the incredible monster rush out of his chest (box). There is no doubt that Chris is a master of shock and illusion. Chris has been described as a variety of titles, such as "Houdini in post-modernism" and "chic in post-apocalypse", but obviously these are just fancy descriptions to explain that "he is definitely not just a rabbit who changed from a top hat in an evening dress". With long silky hair, black nail polish and all-black special clothes, Chris looks like the reappearance of rob zombie, the demon of heavy metal rock. However, it is true that Chris is not much different from rock music. He is not only the creator, director and star of the whole illusion show, but also composes music for the performance. Although this program is a magic show that is ahead of the times, many of his magic tricks come from some quite old themes: card magic, being cut in half, box escape show and so on. And then change them. Just like a performer and props coming directly from the Gothic Cirque du Soleil dressed up for his big performance. This horrible and dangerous modern Houdini is not suitable for everyone, but if you are in the mood to watch a slightly crazy and creepy Hollywood show, it will never let you down. Editor criss angel commented that criss angel-a magician, a street performer, a performing artist, a musician and a dancer with gothic dark style and Cirque du Soleil-will come to the world with his frightening and crazy works. Perhaps Chris's real magic lies in the fact that this man combines the characteristics of New York State with Marilyn Manson's makeup, and combines magic with illusion to reach the artistic realm. Have you ever dreamed of performing magic on TV? Not only in some local morning talk shows, but also in an hour-long special program watched by millions of people. It will reshape "magic" so that it can be made into TV programs, which is the goal you have been working hard for more than ten years. This is a story about how chris angelo made his third TV special "Supernatural". In this story, you can see most of the joy of victory and a small part of the frustration of failure. You will learn how important technology is for making a successful TV special program. Besides, you will also learn a lot about criss angel's personal illusion art, who performed 600 live performances in Times Square last year and was awarded the "Magician of the Year" by the International Magician Association in 2004.