tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post6477106454350466117..comments2024-03-25T12:31:58.169+00:00Comments on David Stimpson: A New Arrival!David Stimpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15196038086564981619noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-58265929400665538722019-06-21T12:02:29.028+01:002019-06-21T12:02:29.028+01:00Hello Arno,
That’s an excellent comment, and I...Hello Arno,<br /><br /> That’s an excellent comment, and I agree, the more I watch ‘Man In A Suitcase’ the more of a parallel I seen between McGill and the No.6 in ‘the Prisoner.’ Except in my little piece McGill is No.6, and he’s in the village before McG’s Prisoner. Because McGill was forced to resign 6 years before ‘the Prisoner,’ and I work to the principle that every new arrival in the village begins more or less the same for everyone, as it does in ‘the Prisoner’ series. <br /> The ‘Man In A Suitcase,’ it has no overt surrealism and symbolism because it’s a straightforward adventure series, which is as Script Editor George Markstein wanted ‘the Prisoner’ to be.<br /><br />BCNU<br />DavidDavid Stimpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196038086564981619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9036104775563265647.post-4255990180133069252019-06-21T08:42:04.565+01:002019-06-21T08:42:04.565+01:00Putting McGill into the position of our unnamed pr...Putting McGill into the position of our unnamed prisoner is an interesting piece, David! Because for some resason I've always had the notion of a parallel or an alignment of sorts between the No. 6 character and that of McGill. Both their lives were confined to a manifest or imaginary "territory". Arguably, McGill was free to roam the whole of Europe which he did while No. 6 would be incarcerated in a golden cage known only as the "Village". Both were alienated personalities signified by a figure, the number "6", and a name, an abstract designation rather than a simple last name: "McGill". Both a bit like the character "K" in Kafka's novels. The major distinguishing line between the two is the amount of overt surrealism and symbolism of which there's almost nothing in MAN IN A SUITCASE. - BCNU!nr6dehttps://www.match-cut.denoreply@blogger.com