"'The Purge': Lawful, But Not Helpful," essay by FAVS and FAMS Associate Professor Thomas Britt

September 09, 2014

Thomas Britt is teaching Global Horror Films and Ethics of Film and Video this semester. In his August column for PopMatters, "On Principle," he writes of The Purge: Anarchy:

There is no anarchy in The Purge: Anarchy, James DeMonaco’s sequel to his profitable 2013 home invasion horror movie, The Purge. Both films envision a near-future (2022-23) America wherein all crime is legal for one night per year, in a national holiday known as the Purge. The film’s fictional government, known as the New Founding Fathers, establishes the rules for this organized chaos, which has resulted in drastic reductions of unemployment, crime, and violence.

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