David Blaine: Drowned Alive -- Hated It!

Did anyone else think David Blaine: Drowned Alive (this evening on ABC) was rather stupid? Really, this lust for ratings has gone too far. What are we really watching? A guy bob up and down in water like so much unwanted cork in a glass of wine...and then an unscathed escape? There are real tragedies and miracles going on through the world. Would somebody please think of the gold miners in Australia? They were chiseled out of rock after two weeks and emerged like Han Solo from so much carbonie. Now THAT would be something to watch!

I think what bothered me most about the event was that they held it at the plaza at Lincoln Center. Lincoln Center is already enough of a tourist destination to not require that large death-defying stunts be performed in its midst. Why didn't they hold his death-defying match in Queens, Spuyten Duyvel, or Ramapo? Think of all those people blocking the exits to the theaters of Lincoln Center. A shande!