By Ade D. Adeniji<\/b><\/p>\n
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The documentary <\/span>Hazing<\/span><\/i><\/a> begs the question: How far will people go just to fit in?\u00a0<\/span> Our need to haze and be hazed has been explored in broader American popular culture for decades, with rituals most commonly depicted in the military or, naturally, college, but there are also some astounding scenes set in high school, camp, corporate life, and even veterinary school. Here\u2019s a few of the wildest and most disturbing over-the-top depictions of hazing in film and TV.<\/span> [<\/span>Content warning<\/b>: <\/span>This article contains examples of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse.<\/span>]<\/span><\/p>\n Spike Lee’s <\/span>complicated<\/span> love letter to his real-life alma mater Morehouse College, <\/span>School Daze’s<\/span><\/i> story of Black students set at <\/span>Mission College, a fictional historically Black college in Atlanta, Georgia, focuses on the grueling hazing of the also-fictional Gamma Phi Gamma fraternity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Julian \u201cBig Brother Almighty\u201d (Giancarlo Esposito) leads his frat in hazing new pledges with a military cadence, blurring the lines between college campus and army barracks, as he uses a comically oversized custom paddle, sending every young pledger howling in pain.<\/span><\/p>\n
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\n<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\nSchool Daze<\/i><\/b> (1988): “G-Phi-G, that’s what we wanna be!”<\/b><\/h2>\n