For those of you out there in freedom land who haven’t heard of “Bum Fights,” it’s the embodiment of P.T. Barnum’s maxim, “Nobody ever went broke by underestimating the taste of the general public.” The film is produced by a bunch of bratty little punks from Las Vegas who thought it would be a blast to get homeless folks to do degrading shit (one of the most wretched part of the films is where the boys pay one homeless fellow to rip out one of his own teeth) for a couple of bucks or a forty. GOD BLESS AMERICA and the home video cam. The piece has received plenty of coverage from the big media outlets, hailed as perhaps the greatest product yet on the shock market. It has sparked controversy over Fifth amendment rights and some of the creators, those involved in the hi-jinx on video, have been sent to jail. The film, however, remains available for purchase at bumfights.com. "The Stanford Daily"
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