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<BODY bgcolor="#CCCC99"> <font size="2"><p>DVD Review <font size="4"><br><i>Wisconsin Death Trip</i></font> <br>by Derek Hill</font> <p>Based on Michael Lesy's book of the same name, which has garnered an almost macabre reverence over the years since its publication in 1973, <i>Wisconsin Death Trip</i> beautifully chronicles the secret history of life in Black River Falls, Wisconsin, circa the late-1800s and early-1900s. For whatever reason, the seemingly cozy hamlet of Black River Falls - its population largely comprised of Germans and Scandinavians - became a haven for the mentally ill, teenage random murderers, lovesick suicides, baby killers, a brick throwing, coke-snorting anarchist, and a host of other bizarre and aberrant behavior that ultimately said more about the populace than any sentimentalized portrait of earnest, God-fearing country people ever could. </body>