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Houdini: Red Aries # 39
Sunday, August 31, 2014 at 05:21PM
b. 26 March 1874. In his iconic red robe. (At the climax of his death-defying escape from a watery captivity, Bess would sweep on stage with the red robe, to cover his dripping body, and the audience cheered, the orchestra blared triumphantly.) Houdini started his career as a child magician in red woolen stockings. Houdini edited a newspaper supplement called Red Magic printed entirely in red ink. The escape imagery is, of course, a dramatization of the birth experience, Aries being the first sign. Aries actor Adrien Brody (14 April 1973) has been obsessed with Houdini since childhood.