Predicament escape
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A Predicament escape is any form of magic trick in which the magician is trapped in a dangerous situation and is required to escape from it. Examples include Paul Daniels' escapes from a cabinet placed in the path of a race car and an iron maiden on timed closure, and Princess Tenko's escape from an exploding boat.
In most cases, predicament escapes are just upstaged versions of the classic cabinet escape. The magician has already escaped from the cabinet via a cabinet escape method before it is even placed in the predicament situation. Thus once the cabinet escape has been mastered the only limit on predicament escapes is how much money and influence the magician has, to obtain the cooperation of racing drivers or spend money on speedboats to blow up.
