It's official: Human hunting is the new zombie apocalypse.
Years after the success of "The Hunger Games," the grim sport is suddenly in vogue. "Ready or Not," about a rich family that puts a deadly twist on hide and seek, hits theaters this week. An oddly similar film, "The Hunt," in which liberal elites prey on conservative folk, has been postponed due to political pressure (go figure). And while nobody was looking, Lee Child's most recent Jack Reacher novel, "Past Tense," focused on crossbow enthusiasts who pay big money to bag a human.
If the zombie apocalypse reflected our fears of economic collapse, then "The Most Dangerous Game" _ the title of a 1924 short story by Richard Connell and a 1932 film that essentially created the genre _ might tap into a new set of concerns: Namely, extreme wealth, social immobility and the ultimate devaluation of human capital.
