2830  Being there

Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 07:57:39 -0700
From: Jay Jenkins <jayjenkins888@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Being there

The story line centers on a slow-witted gardener named Chance (Peter Sellers), who knows only gardening and what he sees on television, and what transpires when he is suddenly put out into the world. Because Chance speaks so simply and so directly, his words are mistaken for profundities; everything he says is mistaken for a metaphor by the media-mad society. By film's end, Chance -- who has become an adviser, of sorts, to one of the world's most wealthy men -- is spoken of in glowing terms by men seeking a candidate for the presidency.

The often double-edged fable, scripted by Jerzy Kosinski and based on his 1971 novel, looks at a media obsessed society, and particularly at Chance, a man who has been literally drained by television. He is emotionless; he is unaware of his sexuality; his face forever an empty look....

Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 16:40:29 +0000
From: Rick Jones <rwjones2001@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Being there

"I like to watch."