# What WAS The "FIGHT CLUB" About?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 29, 2004, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-fight-club-about/266638 "2004-09-29T06:42:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 1, 2004, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-fight-club-about/266638/61 "2004-10-01T13:06:44Z")

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> [@drewcosten](#):
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> Could it be that there was nothing wrong with the “club” while it was still Fight Club and that it only became more negative when it became Project Mayhem?

I think the movie was trying to say that one was the inevitable result of the other - that cultish behaviour, disconnect form society and an urge to “feel” will eventually lead you down a very dark path.

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