I had a bit of a revelation last night when I was browsing film titles on Netflix and saw one of the many 'Purge' movies, depicting a dystopian society that allows lawlessness for a 24 hour period once a year.
This is the latest addition to the franchise: _http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4094724/
"The Purge: Election Year"
A common motif in the franchise are
masks that participants wear as they enact vicious comeuppance against their foes on 'purge day'.
My revelation also includes another event earlier in the day when I was browsing game titles, another popular franchise series is 'Payday'.
This is the first game in the franchise: _https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payday:_The_Heist
"In Payday: The Heist, players use a variety of firearms to complete objectives (usually centered around stealing a certain object, person, or a particular amount of money)."
Here is a promo photo from 'Payday' that I've grown tired of seeing over the years, containing a similar
'mask' motif:
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nwbm_7W2VQw/maxresdefault.jpg
Something about this game harkens to a scene in the Christopher Nolan Batman film 'The Dark Knight', a film of which was a running theme for shooter James Holmes, who was arguably 'mind controlled' or used as a patsy for the Auora 2012 mass shooting at a theatre, showing the sequel 'The Dark Knight Rises'. (re: _https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Aurora_shooting )
The scene at the beginning of the film depicts a 'heist' where a stooge gang of criminals rob a bank and slowly kill one another off before main villain The Joker, makes off with the loot after murdering the last remaining member of his heist gang.
http://wallup.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/131375-clowns-The_Dark_Knight-Batman-MessenjahMatt-Joker-736x459.jpg
It's become obvious that this
evil clown mania is a result of persistent media presentation of masked villains enacting psychotic behavior. The amount of media presenting this imagery is increasing, and as such, it's now reflecting in the behavior of people in real life.
Nienna said:
To add to what Joe wrote, in The Gift of Fear, de Becker tells how there are many people who feel that they need to be in the spotlight for their 15 minutes of fame. When they see the attention that someone gets by the news media for doing something negative, like killing someone, they think that they could do that, too, and get their 15 minutes of fame, or see it as a fun thing to do, etc.
Lots of copycat people out there.
IMHO James Holmes, the alleged aurora shooter (I say that as I recall eye witness reports of multiple suspects at the scene, another running motif for recent shootings in the U.S.), If not a patsy or mind controlled stooge, could very well be a 'Joker' copy cat seeking his own 15 minutes.
After these thoughts
I searched 'Clown Purge' in Google and the responses are disturbing, particularly in Australia, where the AUS media is using the exact term to describe the mania.
At any rate, coming to close to Halloween, I advise parents out there to use caution and select the safest neighborhoods for trick-or-treating, or early evening mall events (in doors and earlier in the evening when there is still light)...
I get a nasty feeling that with the amount of
'masked' people out there, that some strange and disturbing events are at risk for halloween. Something isn't right about the trend and build up and the day of all days for masks.