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A surreal showdown and primal display of manhood

Two gladiators face off in a show of masculinity in viral video of a fight between poly students

A man (far left) trying to stop a fight between two Temasek Polytechnic students last week. Video clips of the incident went viral after they were posted online. PHOTO: FACEBOOK
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You know that old criminal science experiment, the one where a teacher stages a fight during class, then asks the student-witnesses to write down what they saw, and each testimony is different?

The same thing happened at Temasek Polytechnic a few days ago, except it appears to be real, not staged. If I were a student trying to describe what happened, I would question my own account, even after watching the footage over and over again.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on April 22, 2018, with the headline A surreal showdown and primal display of manhood . Subscribe