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waywardzombi t1_iz5ggx3 wrote

Reply to How stunt woman guarantees perfect timing by longhegrindilemna

As a child I used to have a leash in the house. Long story, but my grandmother would watch me most days and couldn’t keep up, so the solution to wrangle me was a leash.

Over time, I learned the boundaries of the leash, and would run right up to it and stop, just like a dog.

One day, my uncle decided to shorten the leash by a couple feet.

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eatingdirt t1_iz54lgt wrote

Reply to How stunt woman guarantees perfect timing by longhegrindilemna

It’s called a “Deadman”. A cable or rope is attached to the performer, and tied off to a solid pic-point. If the stunt rigger didn’t put a “zip”, or a bungee at the pic point to take the bite off, yes, it really sucks. Go full speed to a Dead Stop really jolts the body. Btw, on the day of filming, she won’t be going to the pad, she’ll be going to the ground, no pads. I hope this explains the Deadman”.

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eyekill11 t1_iz536l1 wrote

Reply to comment by D1ddyKon9 in How stunt woman guarantees perfect timing by longhegrindilemna

It hurts and potentially damaging. Linda Blair from The Exorcist when she was violently thrashing in her bed was done via rope pull. Supposedly it was rough enough to break her spine which later developed into scoliosis. Ellen Burstyn the mom in The Exorcist had it done to her as well. Here's a clip of her talking about when she got pulled.

https://youtu.be/0E1dV3YovZo

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TripleJeopardy3 t1_iz50mg3 wrote

Reply to How stunt woman guarantees perfect timing by longhegrindilemna

There's another angle of this stunt that shows the stick doesn't even come close to hitting her. The two views are supposed to go together to show how this type of stunt works, that it's the rope combined with camera angles, so the performer is not in danger of getting hit.

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TheDivaDanielle t1_iz4wcwg wrote

Reply to How stunt woman guarantees perfect timing by longhegrindilemna

I watch stunt people on the Corridor Crew channel all the time, and they're just amazing people that really have created an amazing craft. How they've learned to nearly fully mitigate any injuries with mat work and knowing the right way to always land to fully soften the landing but somehow make it look really impactful is just amazing to me.

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