Talk:The Prisoner

Individualism vs. collectivism

This sentence is disputed as POV, "A major theme of the show is individualism versus collectivism[neutrality is disputed], summarised in one of Number Six's defiant statements: "I will not make any deals with you. I've resigned. I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, de-briefed, or numbered. My life is my own."" The show does not make a statement about individualism vs. collectivism, nor are any citations provided that show that the writer intended that theme. Skyemoor (talk) 22:48, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

Patrick McGoohan said: 'The series was contrived to make it *appear* that our hero was striving to be "completely free", "utterly himself". Too much of that and society would be overrun by rampant extremists and there would be anarchy. The intention was satirical. Be as free as possible within our situation, but the war is with Number One.' ('Interview with Patrick McGoohan', in The Prisoner, ed. Alain Carraze and Helene Oswald, Editions Huitieme Art 1989, tr. Christine Donougher and Roger Langley, W H Allen & Co 1990, p.6.) Khamba Tendal (talk) 20:30, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

Got to agree. McGoohan played a character who is an individual, and who fights to protect his own, and others' individuality. But that doesn't necessarily mean he is an individualist. Nor is The Village and its keepers any more an example of "collectivism" than any other prison. The other prisoners are also just that -- prisoners -- they also are in The Village unwillingly. The methods of control in The Village are sophisticated, and mirror or extrapolate developments in industrialized societies that can threaten individuality, privacy, and autonomy wherever they might be applied. This is underlined throughout the series as we are given to understand that The Village might be as likely run by either side in the Cold War. Thus, I am for changing "individualism vs collectivism" to something else, that reflects "individual freedom vs totalitarian surveillance and control."Vendrov (talk) 17:29, 18 February 2018 (UTC)

No mention of Kosho

There is no mention of Kosho in the article (the sport played in The Village where opponents bounced on trampolines trying to knock each other into surrounding water). It was a noted issue in the series if not part of any actual plot-lines.

Kosho is a game or martial art conceived by Patrick McGoohan for the highly admired 1967 television series The Prisoner. The game of Kosho is played on two trampolines set on either side of a four-foot-by-eight-foot tank of water and bordered on two sides by a wall with an angled ledge and hand-rail. Two helmeted opponents each wear a boxing glove on their left hand and a lighter padded glove on their right, and while moving freely in three dimensions attempt to knock, push or throw each other into the tank.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTqAfJYWe58 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr gobrien (talk • contribs) 09:03, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Alternative ending

Most of the material in this section has to do with the series' back-story and a possible explanation for why Drake resigned the way he did; there's only a paragraph or so at the section's end that discusses how the series might have continued if it hadn't ended where and how it did. As it stands, the section's title isn't appropriate, but I don't know what a better one would be, which is why I haven't changed it. If anybody has a better idea, please change it, or at least offer suggestions here. JDZeff (talk) 01:05, 23 May 2017 (UTC)

Flower Shop Owner

As portrayed by Lucille Soong appeared in several episodes. In “A,B, or C?” - she says: “I know everything in the Village” -Sparky (talk) 22:34, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

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