tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post2956273079343910924..comments2024-03-25T12:31:58.169+00:00Comments on David Stimpson: The Prisoner – It’s Childs Play! IIDavid Stimpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15196038086564981619noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-65787728958991759742016-07-13T14:59:55.312+01:002016-07-13T14:59:55.312+01:00Hello Karen,
We all reach second childishness ...Hello Karen,<br /> We all reach second childishness eventually according to William Shakespeare, and we all love a good story, and that’s the thing about ‘the Prisoner,’ each episode is a self contained story. What’s more, apart from ‘Arrival,’ Once Upon A time,’ and ‘Fall Out’ its possible to place the remaining episodes in whatever order one chooses, and it doesn’t ruin the series. In fact ‘Fall Out’ could easily be placed before ‘Arrival’ as well as keeping it at the end. And yes we do like being entertained, so at times it’s good not to think about ‘the Prisoner’ and watch it as pure escapism!<br /> Over time I have come to the opinion that ‘the Prisoner’ is best viewed through the eyes of a child, because as adults we do tend to over complicate the series!<br /><br /> Yes, that’s very good and you might well be right in regard to Number 6’s remark to Number 240, that she hasn’t been able to keep complete tabs on him. If she and other Observers had been able to keep tabs on Number 6 all the time, he’d never have been able to get away with anything!<br /><br />Be seeing you<br />DavidDavid Stimpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196038086564981619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-84490007915073568702016-07-10T02:58:42.236+01:002016-07-10T02:58:42.236+01:00Hi David,
I too noticed that there are a lot of n...Hi David,<br /><br />I too noticed that there are a lot of nursery rhymes used in The Prisoner. <br />I think they are Patrick McGoohan's little joke in one way, becauae he is telling us "children" a story in each episode...<br />Perhaps he was telling us that we are like children and have to be entertained...<br />Perhaps he was using the nursery rhymes in certain scenes as a tool to illustrate innocence...or childishness...or to pick up the pace of the story.<br /><br />I think the scene where Little Bo Peep is told that she always knows where her sheep are, was a home run...as Number 6 is letting her know that he knows that she hasn't been able to keep tabs on HIM !<br /><br />BCNU<br /><br />KarenAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11216072285740409212noreply@blogger.com