Bloodlust at M-Flicks
The crowd that turns out for M-Flicks is a little too coarse for the sensibilities of Daily writer Elie Zwiebel. The mostly-student audience members cheer violent movies, “continually engag[ing] in a participatory celebration of brutality … It’s not as if we are isolated from this base and vulgar bloodlust. These are our peers who are cheering at the gushing of blood and clapping at death.” Not only that, but we hear that some of them even spend their weekends at an arena called “the Big House” where they cheer the brutal spectacle of young men attacking each other over the skin of a pig.
I can’t believe how far the Zweibels have come in some ways, and how little in others.
posted by Dale on October 5th, 2007 at 12:51 pm eDammit, Dale, you JUST beat me to it.
posted by Dave on October 5th, 2007 at 12:52 pm eFortunately, my man-servant monitors this Web publication for me.
posted by Dale on October 5th, 2007 at 12:56 pm eI need to get me one of those.
posted by Dave on October 5th, 2007 at 12:59 pm eBloodlust. Sheesh. Zwiebel should read this blog, he’ll see real bloodlust.
posted by David Boyle on October 5th, 2007 at 9:58 pm eZweibels wobble…
I just came here to say that.
posted by byproxy on October 7th, 2007 at 11:31 am eWe saw Apocalypto in this venue. There were extreme reactions from the audience to the gore, but after a certain point of ridiculousness….I mean a jaguar’s ripping some dudes face off….what does the writer expect?
posted by christina on October 7th, 2007 at 2:31 pm eI once went to a football game, and I can’t understand what all that fuss was over a measly 25 cents. All game long, everyone around me was yelling, “Get the quarter back! Get the quarter back!” Sheesh.
posted by chicopanther on October 9th, 2007 at 5:35 pm e