What if The Purge was real?

The budding horror franchise holds a mirror up to society — but it doesn't exactly stand up to scrutiny

The Purge
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"The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." —Martin Luther King, Jr.

"We are inherently a violent species. War, genocide, murder. The denial of our true selves is the problem." —The Purge

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Scott Meslow

Scott Meslow is the entertainment editor for TheWeek.com. He has written about film and television at publications including The Atlantic, POLITICO Magazine, and Vulture.