NP: The Prisoner

[David Morris]

The Prisoner, #6, is in a constant relentless fight to hold on to his
personal identity, to not get broken down into accepting his loss of
freedom, and thus becoming Their #6. It is a much larger issue than
consumerism. It about an individual's soul resisting assimilation, and thus
personal death. And the fact that #1 is revealed in the end to be #6 says
that it is at heart an internal struggle more than external.

David Morris

On Thursday, April 3, 2014, <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:

> David, what warning did you hear? Not asking this to be argumentative, I
> really want to know, because he wasn't always clear. McGoohan was
> particularly obscure about the use of Dem Bones in the final episode. He
> said something to the effect that it was a natural choice, because a lost
> young man would be looking to make connections. But I didn't get a clear
> sense whether he meant that "making connections" is a subversive act (which
> is how I think Pynchon means it), or whether that's the lost young man's
> way of reconnecting with the powers that be.
>
> Laura
>
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> From: David Morris
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> To: "kelber at mindspring.com<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','kelber at mindspring.com');>"
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> Cc: "pynchon-l at waste.org<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','pynchon-l at waste.org');>"
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> Subject: Re: NP: The Prisoner
>
> Thanks Laura.  Although the warning I heard doesn't exactly match yours,
> it is a great interview with a true artist.
>
> On Wednesday, April 2, 2014, <kelber at mindspring.com<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','kelber at mindspring.com');>>
> wrote:
>
>> Found this nice 1977 interview with Patrick McGoohan. The Prisoner was a
>> warning about the consumer society, and its destruction of individuality.
>> Easy to extrapolate to what McGoohan would have thought about the internet.
>>
>> The Prisoner Puzzle ( with Patrick McGoohan )<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiIUnCMpGbM>
>>
>> Laura
>> -
>> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
>>
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