He complains about the lack of depth to this high concept story, seeing it only as an excuse for the next violent spectacle.

The young man agrees, and following there is another violent spectacle including an earthquake with thunder, lightning, and general panic.

None of the neighborhood people-leather-jacketed teen-agers, sullen young women, small, grinning children-seemed to realize that this violent spectacle was for real.

The composition, with its platform raised above a mob, echoes his famous painting of the boxers "Dempsey and Firpo," and turns religion into a commercialized, near violent spectacle.

He went on to praise Eastwood's depiction of a half-gangster/half-cowboy and noted the plethora of violent spectacles as another distinction in the film.

Partly as a result of the violent spectacle in Birmingham, which was becoming an international embarrassment, the Kennedy administration drafted civil rights legislation aimed at ending Jim Crow once and for all.

Their billion year flight ended swiftly in a violent spectacle: a dazzling concussion which flung out a shower of twinkling debris, quickly extinguished.

But after the events of Sept. 11, can violent spectacles like "Armageddon" or "Independence Day" (to name but two) still expect the kind of lavish embrace they have counted on?

The Colosseum provided violent spectacles of combats featuring men and animals for the entertainment of the public of ancient Rome.

Luis Gonzalez Seara once noted that some violent spectacle is normal in most countries.