The Prisoner
Prisoner: Where am I?
Number Two: In The Village.
Prisoner: What do you want?
Number Two: Information.
Prisoner: Which side are you on?
Number Two: That would be telling. We want
information, information, information…
Prisoner: You won’t get it.
Number Two: By hook or by crook we will.
Prisoner: Who are you?
Number Two: The new Number Two.
Prisoner: Who is Number One?
Number Two: You are Number Six.
Prisoner: I am not a number. I am a free man.
Number Two: Ha, ha, ha, ha….
Of late I have been entertaining myself by watching The Prisoner. Definitely an interesting show. Some pretty cheesy effects and lots of 60’s camera zoom effects, but definitely some pretty interesting social commentary.
It’s about this spy who resigns, is kidnapped, and wakes up in “The Village”, as “Number 6.” “Number 2” wants to know why he resigned and what information he knows and each episode is filled with questions about how to escape from the village, how to undermine the people in charge of the village, and determine who is in charge and who is a fellow prisoner.
The interesting social commentary comes from the fact that within the microcosm of the Village most of standard social games appear to exist. The question of who are the prisoners and who are the wardens seems to really be about society as a whole. In fact that is what most of the questions are about authority in this show.
Anyway it’s definitely a very interesting show, and well worth watching.
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