Battle Royale for Real

[Mark Nornes]

I don't know if anyone noticed, but there's been a tragic incident in 
Erie, Penn. It's one of those incidents that, if picked up on, will 
excite those who see a direct relationship between representations of 
violence and perpetrations of violence.

A pizza delivery man was lead to an address in the middle of nowhere. 
Someone forced him to wear a metal collar, and told him that the collar 
was attached to an explosive device. He was ordered to a nearby bank 
and told to rob it...or the bomb would go off. He followed the orders, 
and when the police arrived he informed them that he was not robbing 
the bank out of his own volition. Before a bomb squad could come, the 
device exploded.

Sounds creepily familiar, doesn't it?

Markus





A. M. Nornes
Program in Film and Video Studies
Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
University of Michigan
2512 Frieze Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285
Phone: 734-647-2094
FAX: 734-936-1846