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The creepy Brad Pitt-related easter egg in ‘Fight Club’ – Far Out Magazine
In the 1980s, when approaching his graduation from the University of Missouri where he studied journalism, Brad Pitt felt unsettled, sensing something more fruitful on the horizon, specifically to the west. As a long-lived film fanatic Pitt regarded the wondrous medium as “a portal into different worlds” during his youth, but it wasn’t until the closing weeks of his tenure at college that he decided to drop the books and set off for the Hollywood Hills.
Such erratic behaviour is often subject to parental derision, but Pitt quickly found traction in his acting exploits. With stand-out performances in Legends of the Fall, Se7ven, Seven Years in Tibet, Meet Joe Black and Fight Club, Pitt established himself as one of Hollywood’s finest leading men over the 1990s.
When David Fincher’s blockbusting psychological thriller Fight Club arrived in 1999, leading man Pitt was already a true pop culture icon. With such a presence at his disposal, Fincher left a little easter egg in the film for audiences to uncover. At this juncture, I issue a spoiler alert for those who haven’t seen Fight Club.
In the movie, Pitt’s character, Tyler Durden, doesn’t exist, at least not outside the spiralling mind of Ed Norton’s unnamed character. The easter egg in question suggests that Brad Pitt (not Tyler Durden) exists in the Fight Club universe and presumably fuelled Norton’s imagination when he inadvertently conjured up his ripped and violent alter ego.
Somewhere along the twisted plotline, Norton’s character becomes romantically entwined with Helena Bonham’s unhinged character, Maria Singer. In the easter egg scene, the pair emerge from a building next to a cinema which advertises Jean-Jacques Annaud’s 1997 drama Seven Years in Tibet, which cast Pitt in the central role.
During the movie, Tyler shows Norton’s character his nighttime job, where he joins film reels for the cinema. He gets his kicks by “splicing single frames of pornography into family films”. As Norton, the narrator, says, “Nobody knows that they saw it, but they did.”
The explicit image filters through to the audience’s subconscious just as Brad Pitt’s image filters into Norton’s. Eventually, what was a split-second exposure takes over Norton’s ego, with Durden representing the strengths that oppose his every weakness.
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In a lightweight special feature, 19-year-old southpaw Abdullah Mason (9-0, 8 KOs) impressively knocked out Alex de Oliveira (20-5, 14 KOs) in the second round. Time was 2:18.
Unbeaten junior wlterweight Tiger Johnson (9-0, 5 KOs) defeated Jonathan Montrel (15-2, 10 KOs) by UD (80-72, 80-72, 80-72) over eight rounds.
Dante Benjamin Jr. (7-0, 5 KOs) exploded out of the gate to score a knockdown, then get a stoppage right after his opponent, Mirady Zola got up. The light heavyweight contest ended with the TKO at the 1:56 mark of the first round. The loss drops Zola to (4-3, 1 KO).
Super middleweight DeAndre Ware (16-4-2, 9 KOs) won by six round unanimous decision (58-56, 59-55, 59-55) over Decarlo Perez (19-9-1, 6 KOs).
Rance Ward touched leather to the face of fellow junior middleweight Husam Al Mashhadi, often, over six rounds. Ward appeared fresh and was able to walk Mashhadi down during the six rounds to take the majority decision (57-57, 58-56, 59-55) victory and improve to (8-5-1, 2 KOs). Meanwhile, it’s back to the drawing board for Mashhadi (6-1, 6 KOs), who suffered his first loss.
Junior Middleweight Nicklaus Flaz (11-2, 7 KOs) won a close fight by majority decision (76-76, 78-74, 77-75) over previously unbeaten Jahi Tucker (10-1, 5 KOs). The fight, which went all eight rounds, had moments where both fighters showed some ability to throw combinations.
Junior Lightweight Tyler McCreary (18-2-1, 8KOs) got the hometown crowd excited by landing strong left hooks to the body, left hooks to the head, and a strong right cross to his opponent, Deivi Julio (26-14, 16 KOs). Julio, who fought hard, did not have enough to sway the judges. The judges all saw the fight in favor of McCreary (59-54, 57-56, 57-56).
Why isnt this garbage on TV anywhere??
It’s on ESPN+
de Oliveira was embarrassing. Just stood there smiling and waiting to be hit. The ref literally had to tell him to fight back in round 1.
As boxing fans we’re all used to shocking mismatches… but ESPN take it to a new level.
I will keep an eye on Mason and see what develops for him.
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Light heavyweight Umar Dzambekov (4-0, 3 KOs) returns against Dodzi Kemeh, (25-2, 23 KOs) in the eight-round co-feature on the next ‘Hollywood Fight Nights’ event set for Friday, June 9 at the Commerce Casino and broadcast live internationally by UFC Fightpass.
The event is headlined by a ten-round super welterweight clash between ‘King’ Callum Walsh, (6-0, 5 KOs) and veteran Carson Jones, (43-15-3, 31 KOs).
Callum Walsh is a good club fighter but will never be a world champion.
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