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controlled chaos performed by people who calculated exactly how much they could survive.
means A daring physical feat performed for effect, often risky and carefully staged, especially in film or sport.
from American slang that surfaced in the late 19th century, originally in college athletic circles for a feat or trick of skill. Its deeper roots are murky — possibly a blend or variant of 'stump' (a challenge or dare) and 'stint' (a set task or feat), though no one can prove the marriage. The 'risky cinematic feat' sense came later, riding in with the movie age and its hired daredevils.
- first stuntman
- 1908 cowboy fell off a horse for cash
- rule of thumb
- stunt actors mapped onto a moving graph called the box
- oscars snub
- no Academy Award category exists for stunt work
- car cannon
- flips are launched by nitrogen-fired pistons under the chassis
- calculated falls
- airbags slow descent from 200-foot drops