In the distopian future of "The Running Man" there was a deadly Asian assassin known for slaying his targets in arctic conditions named Sub Zero.
The future's Justice Department controlled television and in the eponymous popular TV show, Sub Zero was referred to as being a Professor. Are there any details on this (if not from the movie then perhaps a book or elsewhere)? What was he supposed to be a Professor of?
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Professor Sub Zero was played by Charles J. Kalani Jr, who was known as Professor Tanaka in his wrestling career. Professor was a common title for a judo master, as this thread attests. Although Kalani was a wrestler, he trained under a judo master, or indeed judo professor, for a time.
It's probably something similar. The games in The Running Man are similar to professional wrestling – a game with predetermined outcomes which everyone believes to be legitimate. It makes sense that people would have titles ("Professor," "Dyanmo," "Buzzsaw") that don't necessarily have a relation to their day jobs. Indeed, being stalkers in the game probably is their day job.
Alternately, perhaps "Professor" is meant to suggest mastery, just as with real-life judo.
