12/1/07

Not a Ninja: Chung Ling Soo.

Chung Ling Soo was a famous stage magician in the early part of last century. His name was actually William Robinson, but he took the stage name Chung Ling Soo and started dressing "Oriental" and only speaking in Oriental-sounding nonsense words while in public to the point that, despite his huge success as Chung Ling Soo, very few people knew that he was actually just a white guy in a costume and some makeup.

His ability to pull that off makes him sound kind of like a ninja.

But ninjas don't get shot while trying to do the bullet catch trick.

Only Ozymandias can actually catch bullets. (And live.)

Chung Ling Soo was definitely not a ninja.

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