David Blaine - Performance On Ellen

Try to see the bigger picture. Sometimes, a few fun "spoiled" tricks can add a fun amount of energy to balance out and support the actual magic being performed seriously. It is all about appropriate production of "show" and or "video" to suit the audience. The people in the audience, watching at home etc... were watching Ellen, in the first place, not Blaine (for the most part). If they wanted to see just magic, they would go to a magic show. Her added touch to the video was great, if not completely necessary as well.