they just have vastly different values . One of David Blaine ' s special is called Real or Magic ? he wants to toe that line constantly , he wants people to believe in the illusion , he doesn ' t just want people to be like that ' s a cool trick , he wants to transcend that . I personally think both magicians have the right to their own personal philosophies and I don ' t blame Penn for his feelings on the matter . but I also don ' t think anyone else has the right to dictate what someone should or should not do with their own magic act . It seems to me that there is a split between magicians who truly value and worship the skill of magic and want to be marveled at for that and those that want that but also want to look superhuman in a way like David Blaine does in most cases I would agree with Penn but David Blaine never bothered me . I think it ' s pretty obvious that he doesn ' t want to encourage people to do his shit , he says stuff like don ' t do this at home all the time . I think he has the right to be reckless with his own body if he wants to .