Watching me, watching me
Because this concept of mind control is not isolated to Orwell’s future London, I will continue my side tour of this continent. Let me share with you now some of my favorite looks at Big Brother in the US.
1) Big Brother– In this 1970s song, Stevie Wonder sings about the politicians coming around to make empty promises around election time, keeping the poor, dejected souls in their squalor and only pretending to care.
2) Watching Me – This is a lovely little paranoid ditty from Jill Scott, which includes the line, “DirectTV, am I watching it, or is it watching me? I don’t know.” On my CD, this song has started skipping, and I think whoever manufactured it has planted some subliminal mind control devices into the song, and they’re malfunctioning right now. I can’t even listen to it anymore. “I feel like I’m being scoped, y’all.”
3) The Manchurian Candidate – The Denzel remake was pretty good, but I really liked Frank Sinatra and Angela Lansbury in the original. It’s all about top level conspiracies and the most foul and dangerous uses of mind control.
4) Enemy of the State – Here was a good action packed chase with some pretty interesting gadgetry to track a man down. A part of me just thinks this movie is thinly veiled anti-Patriot Act propaganda, not that I think the Patriot Act is a good thing, I’m just saying…
And my absolute favorite…
5) Undercover Brother– The Man is real, and he’s polluting the fried chicken with mind control drugs so he can take over the world. Be very afraid.