Like Game of Thrones, Monopoly often ends with sudden acts of inexplicable violence.
The sudden acts of freaky carnage that might have produced whoops of shocked delight a decade ago now leave the audience cold.
But this near motionlessness is occasionally broken by sudden acts suggesting that emotions still survive in these specters, passions that can haunt the present.
As we walk along I'm struck by sudden acts of chivalry: a meeting between Rocky's crew and another is broken up to let a pushchair pass through, and our unexpected police guard is looked out for ("Watch out, don't hit the lieutenant!").
Notoriously, he had to flee Rome in 1606 after killing a man in a fight, and even before that he was known to the courts for sudden acts of violence – like the time he threw a plate of hot food in a waiter's face.
The relationships are nuanced, with trade-offs, cruelties and sudden acts of forgiveness.
As they navigate a landscape laden with flowers, fruit and sudden acts of violence, we grasp the conjoined beauty and terror of nature, and we might chuckle a little, uncomfortably.
The group's production "Sudden Acts" from their March 10th 'Enter_' release manages to thrust itself into an even more submerged expanse via a tightly constructed remix from techno-pusher Liar.
