compliance is a 2012 film inspired by true events on a "strip search prank call scam", particularly on the Mount Washington, Kentucky incident. Similar incidents of such happened over 70 times in the US, for a period of roughly a decade.
I just watch this film last night, and for me, it shows how easy is it for people to bow down to authoritative figures (or perceived authority), how easy is it for an authoritative figures to manipulate others and most importantly, how silly many are guilty of just doing things after being told to, simply to obey without questioning, and failing to firmly insist on your stand towards the matter.
Although these prank calls occurred between the 1990s to 2004, traces of such human behavior was documented long ago before the colour tv was invented. An experiment in 1963, "Milgram experiment on obedience to authority figure" showed findings that subjects are were merely following orders, despite violating their deepest moral beliefs. The findings were also consistent within societies, but with different percentage across the globe.
Its very sad that such things in extreme occurred in real life, but it serve as a very good reminder that people will abuse such human behavior towards their advantage.
It sets me thinking how obedience am I to authority or perceived authority.
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Strip search prank call
Compliance (film)
Milgram experiment on obedience to authority figure
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