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Hey, is that you, Gracie?
By:Linda Tx
Date: Tuesday, 21 February 2006, 4:20 pm
In Response To: The Island (Grace)

If so, this is me aka Michal from waaaay back on the road, TSC, Cincy.

> Just saw a great movie, 'The Island' with
> Ewan Macgregor (I think) recently released.
> PIcture this: all these happy people in a
> controlled environment with guards telling
> them what to do all the time and what to
> think, yet all the time they are kept
> perfectly happy with the (false) promise of
> a future utopia. They are kept in submission
> because of the fear of a contaminated
> outside world. Sound familiar? Great
> parallels with TF.
> Go see it!
> Lots of [unnecessary & unbelieveable]
> action which could be a + or a - depending
> on your point of view.

> Next night we watched 'Stepford Wives'
> (original version, not the recent idiotised
> version) and what a great illustration that
> was of all these happy people conditioned to
> do what they're told. Also very familiar
> scenario.

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