They Shoot Horses Don't They, Movie Review by Brian Wright

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Perhaps one reason I had never seen this movie in the 40 years it has been around lies in my sadness of realizing people actually endured these &qu... (More) Perhaps one reason I had never seen this movie in the 40 years it has been around lies in my sadness of realizing people actually endured these "contests" and even more pathetic souls paid money to watch the spectacle. Go back to the gladiator games: even if you're not a fan of the Christians what kind of sick bastard can enjoy the infliction of suffering on another sentient being?! Or the self-infliction? Apparently, many kinds. Because, according to what I've read, virtually every American town of more than 50,000 population featured at least one such dance/walk marathon event in those days.

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