The First Purge

Upgrade Your Life by Organizing Your Environment

Composer and musician Neil Brand presents a series on the movie musical - from Hollywood to China and the USSR, and from Snow White and Gene Kelly to Grease and La La Land.

Pour faire passer le taux de criminalité en-dessous de 1% le reste de l’année, les « Nouveaux Pères Fondateurs » testent une théorie sociale qui permettrait d’évacuer la violence durant une nuit dans une ville isolée. Mais lorsque l’agressivité des tyrans rencontre la rage de communautés marginalisées, le phénomène va s’étendre au-delà des frontières de la ville test jusqu’à atteindre la nation entière.

American rapper David Hutto unveiled his killer scarecrow persona Boondox at the turn of the millennium, catching the eyes of Insane Clown Posse. He was the first Southern artist added to the clowns' growing roster at Psychopathic Records, marking the label's expansion of its deranged and murderous brand of rap-rock within the indie rap sphere. The divergence from Boondox's Detroit-based labelmates was apparent in his hillbilly getup – scarecrow hat, flannel shirt, and country boots – and the Southern twang of banjos and harmonicas mixed in with his rap beats.