Compare prices before you buy. The insanity presented in the film now surrounds us.
Television is filled with psychics, trash talk shows, mad prophets, and mindless dreck.
Karl Marx wrote that religion was the opiate of the masses. When he wrote that, television hadn't been invented yet. The coma box had not yet invaded our homes, infecting every aspect of our lives. Paddy Chayefsky spent several years working in television. His screenplay for Network reflects the rage of a man who watched something that could have been marvellous turn to muck.