Episode Details

Being There is a 1979 political satire/comedy based on the 1970 novel of the same name by Jerzy Kosiński. 

⚠️ Spoilers lie ahead!

➡️ Chance's obsession with the TV looks an awful lot like the modern obsession with apps and social media.

➡️ Ben & Eve Rand see an intelligent, temporarily embarrassed millionaire on hard times because that's what they want to see.

➡️ Plutocracy protects its own. Outsiders are not welcome. It's like George Carlin's comment about one big club that you and I are not a part of.

➡️ tHe OrAnGe MaN iS a MavEriCk! nO oNe CaN PreDicT HiM! Really? 😒 If he didn't serve the needs of the plutocrats, he wouldn't be there. 

Links:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078841/

https://consaracytheories.com/f/of-course-theyre-not-concerned

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