How Magician David Copperfield Made the Statue of Liberty Disappear (1983)

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In April, 1983, 50 mil­lion tele­vi­sion view­ers watched the illu­sion­ist David Cop­per­subject make the Stat­ue of Lib­er­ty dis­ap­pear, straight into skinny air. Should you’re north of fifty, you per­haps remem­ber the spec­ta­cle. How did he do it? 40 years lat­er, the YouTube chan­nel Thoughts Blown Magazine­ic Illu­sion demys­ti­fies the large-scale magazine­ic trick, clarify­ing how Cop­per­subject…