Comments on: Masai Warriors

By: Masai in Japan: Another Magic Challenge : Japan Probe

Masai in Japan: Another Magic Challenge : Japan Probe — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:01:57 +0000

[...] test their amazing powers of vision against the tricks of Japanese magician Mr. Marik [see: part 1, part 2]. In the first challenge, the Masai defeated Mr. Marik by spotting the key to all three of his [...]

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:51:12 +0000

videos reminded of “Blacksploitation”

By: NPC

NPC — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 05:28:32 +0000

Good point

By: mysonabsalom

mysonabsalom — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 05:21:56 +0000

I’m sure this has, uh, some cultural value in teaching the viewing audience about, um, the difference between Japanese and other cultures? I’m sure its NOT exploitation though…

By: The Overthinker

The Overthinker — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:05:48 +0000

I’ve seen a show very like this (showing the Masai eyesight) a few years back. I don’t think it’s rigged as such, though they may have done a few practise runs with the rollercoaster or only shown the hits. The show I did see talked about how their eyesight was adapted for serious distance vision, but at the cost of close-up vision: reading for long periods causes eyestrain etc, as the muscles are not used to such close focus.

By: D-san

D-san — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 23:29:00 +0000

I doubt they would waste the time and money on bringing these guys from Africa just to rig this though. They could have just found some Japanese guys to do it then.

By: NPC

NPC — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 22:45:30 +0000

I’m going to point out the obvious here and say this could all easily be rigged for the enjoyment of the Japanese audience…
Not that I’m doubting the Masai or anything.