straitjacket escape
Bound liberation act
A straitjacket escape is a performance in which someone frees themselves from a straitjacket—the canvas garment with extra-long sleeves that buckles to restrain the arms.
Associated with Houdini and stage magic, the escape requires flexibility, technique, and showmanship: The magician performed a straitjacket escape while suspended upside down.
- HoudiniFamous escape artist
- magic trickPerformed feat seeming impossible
- chainsLinked metal restraints
- bucklesStrap-fastening devices
- paddedFilled with soft material
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Control over impulses
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Severely limiting movement or freedom
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