Re: '1984' Movie?
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@mail.geocities.com)
Tue, 07 Apr 1998 08:35:07 +0000
> Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1998 13:09:00 -0700
> From: "laura c. jessup" <neilj@lightspeed.net>
> Subject: Re: '1984' Movie?
> To: bananafish <bananafish@lists.nyu.edu>
> Reply-to: bananafish@lists.nyu.edu
Not that I wish to re-open this wound, but I found it interesting
that this article characterised Soma as a prediction of Prozac. To
me, it expresses exactly why Prozac has taken on such a profile and
evokes such passion (as we have seen) - the search for this universal
`happy pill' is a central human experience. But also, in the book as
in life, rather than manufacturing happiness it tends to even out all
emotions to a blip-less single line. It reminds me of a girl I know
who although suffering from bipolar disorder, gave up lithium because
although the lows of schitzophrenia are devastating, the nothingness
of lithium was somehow far worse.
> William Chinda typeth:
> > "Imagine a world where the only crime is falling in love!
> > [ Some woman saying something, probably a scene from the movie ]
> > Brave New World! NBC in two weeks!"
>
>
> i just found this at nbc.com... hopefully they did a good job of it.
>
> Sunday, May 3, 9-11 p.m. ET
> BRAVE NEW WORLD (TBA)
>
> "Brave New World" is the story of a man and
> woman's fight for freedom, dignity and love in an
> increasingly technological society. The provocative
> and cutting-edge novel, written in 1932, predicted
> the rise of television, the sexual revolution, genetic
> engineering, Prozac, virtual reality, and much more.
> Its amazing predictions, and the shocking truths
> about the direction society is heading, have made it
> a literary classic, a catch-phrase and a common point of
> reference in the
> media.