The Prisoner: Ahead of its Time and Continually Relevant with Jane Merrow, Tony Shaffer and Doomcock
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The Prisoner: Ahead of its Time and Continually Relevant with Jane Merrow, Tony Shaffer and Doomcock
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The Prisoner is considered by many one of the most insightful and profound television series in entertainment history. Led by the writing, direction and acting of Patrick McGoohan, #ThePrisoner deeply...
show moreLed by the writing, direction and acting of Patrick McGoohan, #ThePrisoner deeply and allegorically explored several themes including #individuality, government control, #surveillance, manipulation, rebellion, conformity, sense of self and personal resilience. The shows were intriguing and entertaining on several levels, thus we are looking back at this classic series on The Outhouse Lounge with:
Jane Merrow -- Actress. She played Allison on "The Schizoid Man" episode of The Prisoner. In addition to her long list of credits, Jane is working on a new film titled "ANDY," focusing on Artificial Intelligence
Tony Shaffer - Former Intelligence Officer/Special Ops, NY Times Best Selling Author and perhaps a Real Life Danger Man and Number Six
Dictor Von Doomcock - Noted Supervillain, Future Ruler of Earth who broadcasts from the Center of the Earth on his Youtube Channel: @overlorddvdsbrother2063 https://www.youtube.com/@OverlordDVD
During our Outhouse Lounge The Prisoner Session, we discuss several aspects of the series including: ·
Patrick McGoohan's acting prowess, his creation of the show
· Why did Number 6 resign?
· Jane Merrow's experience working with McGoohan behind the scenes of "The Schizoid Man" episode
· Jane Merrow's Alison character and a look into "The Schizoid Man"
· Why Patrick McGoohan has called The Prisoner an Allegory
· The creation of Rover and the unfortunate demise of the original one.
· Underlying themes within The Prisoner
· Who is Number 1?
· What is The Village?
· Information: The chess games between Number 6 and the Number 2s
· Individuality and conformity
· Thoughts about "Fall Out" and the series ending scenes.
We also talk about Jane's "ANDY" film and thoughts on the future benefits and dangers of #artificialintelligence. #AI
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