{"id":12652,"date":"2016-12-03T06:10:43","date_gmt":"2016-12-03T11:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=12652"},"modified":"2016-11-24T17:46:53","modified_gmt":"2016-11-24T22:46:53","slug":"the-philosophy-of-the-purge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=12652","title":{"rendered":"The Philosophy of THE PURGE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to this special Wisecrack Edition on The Philosophy of The Purge, diving into the political and socio-economic implications of The Purge \u2013 including brilliant references from Rick &amp; Morty! In this episode, we&#8217;ll geek out on the movies themselves while also exploring how an event like The Purge seems to amplify the many issues and conditions of various social classes.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QMOpB5tSPVY\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Join Wisecrack! 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We&#8217;ve got both!!!<br \/>\nPhilosophy of RICK AND MORTY \u25ba<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\" yt-uix-servicelink \" href=\"http:\/\/wscrk.com\/squanchWE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-url=\"http:\/\/wscrk.com\/squanchWE\" data-servicelink=\"CDcQ6TgiEwjWjabBsLXQAhWO05wKHTtAAzko-B0\">http:\/\/wscrk.com\/squanchWE<\/a><br \/>\nHidden Meaning in THE PURGE \u25ba<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\" yt-uix-servicelink \" href=\"http:\/\/wscrk.com\/PurgeEC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-url=\"http:\/\/wscrk.com\/PurgeEC\" data-servicelink=\"CDcQ6TgiEwjWjabBsLXQAhWO05wKHTtAAzko-B0\">http:\/\/wscrk.com\/PurgeEC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>=== More Episodes! ===<br \/>\nPhilosophy of BOJACK HORSEMAN \u25ba<a class=\" yt-uix-servicelink \" href=\"http:\/\/wscrk.com\/BjckHrsWE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-url=\"http:\/\/wscrk.com\/BjckHrsWE\" data-servicelink=\"CDcQ6TgiEwjWjabBsLXQAhWO05wKHTtAAzko-B0\">http:\/\/wscrk.com\/BjckHrsWE<\/a><br \/>\nPhilosophy of SHIA LABEOUF \u25ba<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\" yt-uix-servicelink \" href=\"http:\/\/wscrk.com\/LaBeoufWE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-url=\"http:\/\/wscrk.com\/LaBeoufWE\" data-servicelink=\"CDcQ6TgiEwjWjabBsLXQAhWO05wKHTtAAzko-B0\">http:\/\/wscrk.com\/LaBeoufWE<\/a><br \/>\nCinema Inspirations of MR ROBOT \u25ba<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\" yt-uix-servicelink \" href=\"http:\/\/wscrk.com\/InsMrRbtWE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-url=\"http:\/\/wscrk.com\/InsMrRbtWE\" data-servicelink=\"CDcQ6TgiEwjWjabBsLXQAhWO05wKHTtAAzko-B0\">http:\/\/wscrk.com\/InsMrRbtWE<\/a><br \/>\nPhilosophy of KANYE WEST \u25ba<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\" yt-uix-servicelink \" href=\"http:\/\/wscrk.com\/KanyeWE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-url=\"http:\/\/wscrk.com\/KanyeWE\" data-servicelink=\"CDcQ6TgiEwjWjabBsLXQAhWO05wKHTtAAzko-B0\">http:\/\/wscrk.com\/KanyeWE<\/a><br \/>\nPhilosophy of SOUTH PARK \u25ba<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\" yt-uix-servicelink \" href=\"http:\/\/wscrk.com\/SthPrkWE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-url=\"http:\/\/wscrk.com\/SthPrkWE\" data-servicelink=\"CDcQ6TgiEwjWjabBsLXQAhWO05wKHTtAAzko-B0\">http:\/\/wscrk.com\/SthPrkWE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>=== Join us on Social Media! ===<br \/>\nFACEBOOK \u25ba\u25ba facebook.com\/WisecrackEDU<br \/>\nTWITTER \u25ba\u25ba @Wisecrack<\/p>\n<p>Get Email Alerts \u25ba\u25ba<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\" yt-uix-servicelink \" href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/bcSRD9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-url=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/bcSRD9\" data-servicelink=\"CDcQ6TgiEwjWjabBsLXQAhWO05wKHTtAAzko-B0\">http:\/\/eepurl.com\/bcSRD9<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nGet Wisecrack Gear! \u25ba\u25ba<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\" yt-uix-servicelink \" href=\"http:\/\/www.wisecrack.co\/store\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.wisecrack.co\/store\" data-servicelink=\"CDcQ6TgiEwjWjabBsLXQAhWO05wKHTtAAzko-B0\">http:\/\/www.wisecrack.co\/store<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>=== Further Reading ===<br \/>\n&#8216;Disposable Futures: The Seduction of Violence in the Age of Spectacle&#8217; 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Morty! In this episode, we&#8217;ll geek out on the movies themselves while also exploring how an event like The Purge seems to amplify the many issues and conditions of various social classes. Join Wisecrack! Subscribe! \u25ba\u25bahttp:\/\/bit.ly\/1y8Veir\u00a0 Download a FREE book with Audible! \u25ba\u25ba\u00a0http:\/\/wscrk.com\/AudibleWE Support us on PATREON \u25ba\u25ba\u00a0http:\/\/wscrk.com\/PatreonWC Want more PURGE and RICK AND MORTY?! We&#8217;ve got both!!! Philosophy of RICK AND MORTY \u25ba\u00a0http:\/\/wscrk.com\/squanchWE Hidden Meaning in THE PURGE \u25ba\u00a0http:\/\/wscrk.com\/PurgeEC === More Episodes! === Philosophy of BOJACK HORSEMAN \u25bahttp:\/\/wscrk.com\/BjckHrsWE Philosophy of SHIA LABEOUF \u25ba\u00a0http:\/\/wscrk.com\/LaBeoufWE Cinema Inspirations of MR ROBOT \u25ba\u00a0http:\/\/wscrk.com\/InsMrRbtWE Philosophy of KANYE WEST \u25ba\u00a0http:\/\/wscrk.com\/KanyeWE Philosophy of SOUTH PARK \u25ba\u00a0http:\/\/wscrk.com\/SthPrkWE === Join us on Social Media! === FACEBOOK \u25ba\u25ba facebook.com\/WisecrackEDU TWITTER \u25ba\u25ba @Wisecrack Get Email Alerts \u25ba\u25ba\u00a0http:\/\/eepurl.com\/bcSRD9\u00a0 Get Wisecrack Gear! \u25ba\u25ba\u00a0http:\/\/www.wisecrack.co\/store\u00a0 === Further Reading === &#8216;Disposable Futures: The Seduction of Violence in the Age of Spectacle&#8217; by Brad Evans and Henry Giroux:\u00a0http:\/\/amzn.to\/2fmohfN &#8216;An Essay on the Principle of Population&#8217; by Thomas Malthus:\u00a0http:\/\/amzn.to\/2eENQsC === Creative Commons Clips &amp; Music === Licensed Under CC BY 2.0: NEW JOUVERT RAW 1 BEST CARNIVAL TWERK SXM ST MAARTEN CARNIVAL 2015, judith roumou, (https:\/\/youtu.be\/yysgWh-IqYs) Carnaval Rio de Janeiro 2013 &#8211; 1\u00ba Dia &#8211; [Compacto &#8211; HDTV] (https:\/\/youtu.be\/NDphdusk_jg) #ProudToBe: Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras 2016 (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MRdgi&#8230;) Mardi Gras New Orleans 2013 (https:\/\/youtu.be\/JiLP-4Awwqo) PASS PARADE 2016 &#8211; Mardi Gras MS Gulf Coast (https:\/\/youtu.be\/ocExxje4MyE) Chewbacchus Parade and Chewbacchanal 2015 (https:\/\/youtu.be\/YuLfZreIo-k) Inside Hillsong, New York City\u2019s Hippest Mega Church (https:\/\/youtu.be\/_Oq21iaHkt0) CARNIVAL IN COLOGNE &amp; DUSSELDORF (GERMANY) (https:\/\/youtu.be\/jO3LwUXwUeU) Are Carnival and Mardi Gras Christian Celebrations (https:\/\/youtu.be\/_X09X-gfQSQ) Madventures Philippines &#8211; Flagellation &amp; Crucifixion (https:\/\/youtu.be\/FEA701_9UbE) CRUCIFIED IN THE PHILIPPINES &#8211; Holy week (https:\/\/youtu.be\/_Yz96O_H1pc) &#8220;Motherlode&#8221; Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/b&#8230; &#8212; Written by: Matt Reichle Narrated and Directed by: Jared Bauer Edited by: Ryan Hailey (http:\/\/www.ryanhaileydotcom.com\/) Assistant Editor: Andrew Nishimura Motion Graphics by: Drew Levin Produced by: Jacob Salamon Special thanks to our Patrons! Robert Danci Etienne Rocheleau Aaron Schwartz Stephen Lee \u00a9 2016 Wisecrack, Inc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":9263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,127,683],"tags":[97,551,84,1082,740],"class_list":["post-12652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activism","category-edu","category-activism-usa","tag-education","tag-education-saturday","tag-feature","tag-the-purge","tag-wisecrack"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12652"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12653,"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12652\/revisions\/12653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}