To make the scene more dramatic, a master of ceremonies asked people to hold their breath, which of course they couldn't beat Houdini's training. He took them from expectation to the horror of seeing time go by and not showing up. It was his masterpiece, the morbidity and tension it generated in the audience was tremendous. He entered face down in a bucket full of water, tied by high security locks. While all his escapes captivated, there was one in particular that elevated him to myth, one that is still dangerous today: the aquatic torture cell. Houdini prepared for one of his escapism tricks (Wikipedia: Library of Congress of the United States) They also used to chain him in every possible way and he threw himself off public bridges and then swam out to the applause and admiration of thousands. Those escapes consisted of being hung upside down, tied by a straitjacket, and he freed himself from all the ties in the sight of all. Thousands of people gathered to see their escapes and I chose an easily accessible setting, where as many people as possible could see it. Houdini took magic to the streets, on a scale that no one had done before. The literacy large masses of the American population and the consequent rise of the written press did not escape the mind of the magician, who used that popularity to rob his own. For example, he hired seven bald men who roamed the city before his presentation and suddenly hunched his head, where each of the letters of his surname was written. In that sense, Houdini was also the founder of an advertising model that, through technological changes through, is still used to this day. This was just one of his promotional tricks. He was in charge of warning the press, which followed him everywhere because his exploits, as they began to be published, became material that increased sales. It was a great staging that prepared down to the smallest detail. Within 10 minutes, he had usually freed himself, appeared before the mayor and shackled him. When he came to a place, the first thing he asked was to be locked up in the safest prison, practically naked and chained.
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