Dorothy Dietrich's Strait Jacket Escape at the Houdini Exhibit

Legendary magician and escape artist Dorothy Dietrich perform her strait jacket escape in New York City at the Jewish Museum's Harry Houdini exhibit.

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• Houdini

[tigertbalm]

@mysterybu That is why I think it is ridiculous she gives her birthdate as 1969 on Whikipedia. She is far older than that. It is more impressive if you know her age.

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[sneekz07]

What a legend.

[mysterybu]

Although she has many variations of escape, this is the one asked for. When she first did it her early teens in was innovative and shocking . Since then her own routine has become cliche with almost every woman in magic doing her presentation. Even Jeff McBride, a childhood "friend", gave the presentation to his wife. Women could not join The Magic Circle or Society of Americans as members just that short time ago Woman were considered as assistants. For a woman to do this broke all rules.

[MsLadyResponder]

Wow. Just in the nick of time and it looked so right on. Glad to see an attractive woman take on stunt mostly done by men. Quite unique. Like the way she made sure the audience was aware of each phase as she worked to get out. She handles the helpers really great as well. A real pro.

[KisaSohmaTheFinal]

@rolandsc

A more difficult straitjacket would certainly make this a more entertaining escape.

[TheMatrix72370]

My sister told me that there are 5 Jewish museums in NYC. Which one contains the Houdini exhibit and where is it exactly?

[sjindorothy]

素敵な動画をありがとう。約30年ぶりに彼女が拘束衣(stra­itjacket)を着せられるシ－ンからの脱出(escape­)を見ることができました。

[rolandsc]

@mxminus Thanks for pointing out the obvious! However, it still needs some considerable skill and dexterity to be able to escape - not to mention many hours of practice! You can always choose not to watch if it doesn't float your boat! I enjoyed it anyway. Thanks Alex.

[rolandsc]

Nice one.

[KisaSohmaTheFinal]

fabulous escape!