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[edit] Merge with Ultraviolence

Concerning the Ultraviolence article which was considered for deletion, the consensus was to merge with this article. Although I was the creator of the Ultraviolence article, I'm certainly not an expert in A clockwork Orange, so I don't consider myself the best one to perform the merge. Here's the article's main part which I think should (somehow) be merged here (sorry if this is unnecessary, but I don't know how merging articles works):

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Ultraviolence is a term used roughly to describe acts of excessive and/or unjustified violence. The term was coined by Anthony Burgess in his novel A Clockwork Orange, where the main character Alex DeLarge and his gang of "droogs" roam the streets committing violent crimes out of enjoyment, including rape and murder, referred to as "do[ing] the ultra-violent".

This sense of aesthetic violence has led to the term's usage in media, i.e. criticism regarding the representation of violence as enjoyable spectacle. The term "ultraviolence" has been applied to several works of entertainment such as the Saw series^[1], Hostel^[2], GANTZ^[3], and the Manhunt game series^[4].

and some links from the external links section I consider relevant for the term and the book:

• Clockwork Orange and the Aestheticization of Violence
• Screening Violence Film theory appoach to ultraviolence in the media
• UltraViolent Atrocities Saturate Pop Culture

Kreachure (talk) 16:27, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

"He is also unable to listen to any classical composition without experiencing the same jarring physical reaction."

Is this right? I saw the movie a week ago, and I distinctly remember that Alex claimed to only get ill in reaction to "just the 9th." 129.119.187.242 (talk) 01:08, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

I admit I have not yet read the book, but it is possible it is different from the movie in that matter. Puceron (talk) 04:01, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

In the book it seems that any classical music will do this to him. It's probably just different from the movie (which I have not seen).76.216.113.183 (talk) 00:22, 2 June 2008 (UTC)anonymous