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the bizarre clown craze originated HERE

posted 8 years ago by superspygoestowar
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I noticed this IMMEDIATELY...... at the time of writing, a cult craze of pranksters has swept the USA and the UK [at least on slow news days] , in which youths and the not-so-young [a guy caught doing this by the cops was in his early 30s] dress up as bizarre clowns, and strike terror into kids and older folks.

Surely the similarities with this anti-social behaviour in real-life and in the deeds and dress code of the droogs in the film are self-evident? It certainly seemed so to me.

It may only be a matter of time before the notorious HOME sequence is enacted in all it's Horrorshow Horror---for REAL, on some poor unsuspecting victims.

If so, the poor residents have my sympathy......

The real-life Night of the Droogs on your Doorstep is inching---ever closer.

The step---in which impressionable movie-viewers watch lurid films and are inspired to dress like disturbing ficticious characters-------and then go out to commit outrageous acts against innocent bystanders in the REAL WORLD-------may have taken root in Western Civilization.

If so, this film was MOST prophetic---and may even have been a self-fulfilling prophecy.

[–] wdement 8 years ago

I disagree with the notion that people watch movies like this ACO, Taxi Driver, Fight club, or any other movie that is blamed for crime actually cause or inspire crime. people will model their crimes after crime depicted in film, but no one who watches this movie suddenly thinks "rape looks fun, i think I'll try it." Instead, people who are already violent thieves or rapists may see this movie and decide to dress up like a droog for their next crime.