An accidental hanging in Brazil. : Othor Games

» Wed May 02, 2012 7:47 pm

Brazil actor playing Judas dies from accidental hanging

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A Brazilian actor has died after accidentally hanging himself while playing Judas in an Easter Passion play.
Tiago Klimeck, 27, was enacting the suicide of Judas during the performance on Good Friday in the city of Itarare.
The actor was hanging for four minutes before fellow performers realised something was wrong.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-17817352

» Wed May 02, 2012 5:03 pm

Holy crap. That's tragic. Just serves to remind us that human cleverness is surprisingly fallible.

» Thu May 03, 2012 12:01 am

I was expecting a different sort of 'accident'.

» Wed May 02, 2012 11:51 pm

I was expecting a different sort of 'accident'.

Same.

» Wed May 02, 2012 9:35 pm

"Police are investigating the apparatus that was meant to support Klimeck. It appears the knot may have been erroneously tied."

Not exactly convincing it was a pure accident.

» Wed May 02, 2012 3:00 pm

"Police are investigating the apparatus that was meant to support Klimeck. It appears the knot may have been erroneously tied."

Not exactly convincing it was a pure accident.

I get the feeling this was a very small scale production. It may have just been a single man's mistake.

» Wed May 02, 2012 7:42 pm

Method acting

» Wed May 02, 2012 1:36 pm

I was expecting a different sort of 'accident'.

Are lynch mobs really thar prevelant in Brazil, I assume this was what you meant?

» Wed May 02, 2012 2:12 pm

Are lynch mobs really thar prevelant in Brazil, I assume this was what you meant?

Not sure that's what they meant.... I've never heard of an accidental lynch mob....

Either way, he should have been wearing some sort of harness to support him, I thought that was how they did it usually. Not relying on the rope.

Also, 4 minutes is an extrordinarily long time to wait, without response, before realising something was wrong...

» Wed May 02, 2012 2:56 pm

It seems weird to me just as a scene, four minutes - why did the hanging scene even need to last long? Imagine it even lasting one, watching one guy in a noose pretending to get choke for a whole minute.

» Wed May 02, 2012 2:09 pm

Are lynch mobs really thar prevelant in Brazil, I assume this was what you meant?

Well some people suffocate themselves because.......just google it.

On topic, there have been a few cases of people stage hanging that went horribly wrong for haunted houses and such.

If your going to do this, "Pack your own chute", don't rely on someone else to fix the safety harness for you, if you can help it. Poor fellow.

» Wed May 02, 2012 12:54 pm

Accidental? 4 minutes sounds like an extremely long time...

» Wed May 02, 2012 12:55 pm

If this was a legit accident I think it highlights the need to double-check anything that's supposed to keep a fake hanging from turning into the real deal

& if memory serves this has happened before with that part,

» Thu May 03, 2012 1:04 am

Looks like some 'fellow' actor wanted the lead.

» Thu May 03, 2012 3:09 am

Looks like some 'fellow' actor wanted the lead.

And looks like he was stupid enough to do it during the performance and not during rehearsal.

» Thu May 03, 2012 4:00 am

And looks like he was stupid enough to do it during the performance and not during rehearsal.

He wanted the performance to be very real. Thus it was. Lol.

» Wed May 02, 2012 10:08 pm

I've seen a few clips on those "Most Shocking" shows of accidents happening with this scene in other productions of the Passion Play. It was bound to kill someone eventually.

» Wed May 02, 2012 2:19 pm

Are lynch mobs really thar prevelant in Brazil, I assume this was what you meant?

No, some people 'assist' themselves when they're 'having fun' alone.

» Wed May 02, 2012 12:38 pm

I was expecting a different sort of 'accident'.

Ohohoho, that would've been so funny! XD

» Wed May 02, 2012 3:50 pm

I have a friend in that little city that watched the play. Tragic indeed.
And yes, that scene in the "Christ's Passion Play" is actually very long, unfortunately.

Also... I doubt that an small country city would have a Mob Lynch going on... Specially as we don't have Mobs here... At least not the American/European Mob, more like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primeiro_Comando_da_Capital".

» Thu May 03, 2012 3:15 am

I have a friend in that little city that watched the play. Tragic indeed.
And yes, that scene in the "Christ's Passion Play" is actually very long, unfortunately.

Also... I doubt that an small country city would have a Mob Lynch going on... Specially as we don't have Mobs here... At least not the American/European Mob, more like Gangs.

A mob (as in a mob lynch) is simply a large crowd of ordinary, and oftentimes gullible folks who for whatever reason got really pissed and are either holding someone(s) to blame for it or just want to take their anger out by hanging some poor fellow on the nearest tree.

» Thu May 03, 2012 2:51 am

A mob (as in a mob lynch) is simply a large crowd of ordinary, and oftentimes gullible folks who for whatever reason got really pissed and are either holding someone(s) to blame for it or just want to take their anger out by hanging some poor fellow on the nearest tree.

Ahh... Mob as in "Angry Crowd" not as in Mafia... Now I understand what you meant. Silly me.

» Wed May 02, 2012 5:01 pm

Accidental? 4 minutes sounds like an extremely long time...

I haven't seen this particular play, but having a dead character in the background while the lamenting (or whatever) is going on in the foreground is exactly the kind of thing I'd expect to see in a stage play.

» Thu May 03, 2012 12:02 am

I haven't seen this particular play, but having a dead character in the background while the lamenting (or whatever) is going on in the foreground is exactly the kind of thing I'd expect to see in a stage play.

Though not normally a dead actor :bonk:

Not a profession anyone would pursue if that were the case. "Damn, I got cast as the dead guy."

» Wed May 02, 2012 8:59 pm

What amazes me is that the device he was to be hung from was even capable of killing someone. Breakaway rope? Safety harness? How about a fail-safe clasp that releases when too much weight is on it?

I'm amazed that a single error could lead to anyone accidentally hanging themselves. The rope around his neck should have been designed to fail in the event something went wrong. That's all there is to it.