I believe in the exchange of prison guards and prisoners, and the outcome is still the same.

Janelle 2022-10-08 11:09:42

Watching this movie was heartwarming from beginning to end. Extraordinarily depressing. It's rare that a film shot in just a few rooms can be so profound, so engaging.
Human nature is infinitely magnified in this film. Originally, they were all students of equal status. After being assigned the status of prison guards and prisoners, they would immediately summon their hearts.
When a prison guard, the representative gains rights! Many of them were also unable to adjust to the work of prison guards when they were just starting out. Once you find that you have the right to control others to some extent, your inner desire for power will expand infinitely. Just like the guy said, I started swearing and found no one objected to me, and I sweared harder and harder until I got to the bottom line. If the right is not used properly, people will get lost and fall into it.
Being a prisoner means depriving you of almost all rights other than survival! Some people are unwilling, and they are violent people in their hearts, and they will rise up and resist after suffering a certain degree of oppression. In the play, he will naturally let him go. But the scary thing is that once some people are deprived of certain rights, the servility in their hearts will become unrelenting. Even in the simulated role, you will completely fall into the entry, silently endure the sudden change but be willing to accept it.
When a person is in different social positions, different levels, and different status, the innermost nature will begin to be extremely generous. Just imagine that if the identities of prison guards and prisoners are exchanged, it will definitely be the same situation and the same result. Because it's just a coin to judge their identity label... The inner nature of human nature

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  • Jesse Fletcher: You brought me here to legitimize this experiment and there's nothing legitimate about this place, Phil.

    Dr. Philip Zimbardo: You're right. You're right. I didn't explain it well. Prisons, they represent a loss of freedom, literally and symbolically.

    Jesse Fletcher: Yeah, but that does not explain why they're wearing dresses. They're wearing dresses, Phil.

    Dr. Philip Zimbardo: Yes, I understand. Uh, we're trying to strip away their individuality. Make them uniform. Feminize them.

    Jesse Fletcher: Feminize them?

    Dr. Philip Zimbardo: Yes. Feminize them. Take away all the things that make them them. You see, we're trying to understand how an institution affects an individual's behavior. We're trying to do something... We're trying to do something good.

  • Karl Vandy: It's easy for you to say, 'Oh, I wouldn't have acted that way', but you don't know. That's - that's the truth. You don't know. And now I know what I'm capable of, and it hurts.