The elephant in the room

I thought it was:

1) Interesting and kinda cute - a bit like theater
2) Cheap - probably they had a very low budget. Could have been done as a student film
3) Reminded me of old movies from the 50s
4) Allows the viewer to see the grim subject matter from a bit of distance
5) Symbolic relevance - we are actors on a stage instead of ourselfs sometimes
6) Enables more blatant symbolism in the movie (e.g. elephant in the room)

Not sure how it was an obedience test. The breaking the fourth wall etc seemed more to show what was on Milgram's mind, his psychological state. The screen screen/artificial environments, elephant walking in the background, were all obviously disconnected from reality and not what was what actually happened... He is narrating things not from an impartial perspective, but from how he viewed the past.

His version of history seemed flawed anyway, coz even he doctored his own results and findings by putting an 'unscientific' influence to reach the conclusions he wanted. Anyone noticed how he was sweetening up the women with the cups of tea, in order for them to feel better about being lied to about the true nature of the test?



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Yes. And also a play on the dichotomy of illusion and deception.

Please correct my grammar, make my day.

I refuse to buy Coke, I will not obey their subliminal messages put in this film.

the cokes comment - yes.

Games within games. plays within plays.

An agentic response, perhaps? When watching a docudrama about a very important but controversial psychological experiment, we feel compelled to keep watching the film even after it becomes surreal. Simply because we believe it's important to understand the experiment.