Video of the Day: Waterboarding on Coney Island!

As you know by now, the fine folks at Creative Time have brought the torture-tastic waterboarding to Coney Island, via artist Steve Powers. Last weekend Powers and a trio of masochistic lawyers (is there any other kind?) upped the ante by submitting to actual waterboarding administered by a professional interrogator in a ski mask. No footage of that yet, but if you haven't made it over to see the animatronic "Waterboard Thrill Ride" yourself, here's some video (the Sesame Street theme music definitely ups the creepy factor).

At around 1:15 you see inside the exhibit itself, which is itself housed in a building surrounded by the average midway games.

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what a waste of time. looking on the bright side, maybe seeing that boring video will save a few people a dollar.

Waterboarding lawyers. Terrific idea!

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