Wednesday, March 29, 2006

The Prisoner of the Mind by John W. Whitehead

“At this moment individuals are being drained of their personalities and being brainwashed into slaves.”—Patrick McGoohan

“I am not a number, I am a free man” was the mantra chanted by Number 6 in every episode of The Prisoner—the British television series that intrigued a generation. Regarded by many as the finest dramatic series ever broadcast, The Prisoner is especially relevant in today’s advertisement-driven, image-preoccupied, television-saturated, frenetically hustling consumer society that is propelled by post-9/11 paranoia and fear and dominated by government scare tactics.