--- In [email protected], akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > RE Being There -- it seems an odd choice if one is viewing it as a > > > good representation. Maybe its been too long since I have seen it, > > or perhaps I missed something, but i remember it as a very funny > > SATIRE!. > > > > > > It was making fun of "enlightenment" figures who spout wisdom that > > > seems no more profound than the mundane mutterings of a common > > > gardener. It was NOT saying that the Sellers character WAS > > enlightened and this is how it is. Or did I miss something. > > > > You may have missed the last scene in which he was walking on water, > > IIRC ...:-) > > > That water scene, as I recall, captured the point of the film. The > simple gardner was a mirror onto which everyone projected their own > stuff, their own fantasies and insights they wanted to hear. Yet > Chauncy was just a simple naive bummbler, with no pretentions, not > much discernable touch with reality, and no special skills or > insights. He did not even understand how people percieved him or what > the fuss was about. > > The water scene showed both realities. > > From Chancey's perspective, he had no ability to discern reality from > non-reality. He accepted that he was walking on water, he accepted > something unreal as real, an illusion, as perhaps some accept they can > fly or that the Pundits are coming. > > From the perspective of those looking for a "message" -- both > characters in the film, and those watching the film, who see nothing > but their own projections of wisdom and insight in platitudes -- they > continued to see "wisdom" and miracles where there were none. The > author contined to pull the rug out from under them. > > Do you really think in that ending Kozinsky was saying, "yes, what > Chauncy was saying is all true, and he really deservesd to be > president, he is indeed a wise man."? No, he was laughing his head off > and satirizing the gullibility of people and the folly of their grand > projections of wisdom onto someone who is delusional, unable to > discern reality from non-reality.
Actually, I liked better what you said above -- the water showed both realities. I prefer the ambiguity of Chauncy-as-mirror :-) ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
