On Friday, one of the activities that our class did was watching a movie called The Manchurian Candidate. The movie had a very conspiratorial aspect which was the myth of brainwashing and hypnosis. The main character had been brainwashed while at war so that whenever someone showed him the Queen of Diamonds in a deck of cards, he would be forced to carry out whatever deed that person wanted him to do. I think it was really interesting because at the time of the movie especially, the threat of brainwashing and hypnosis made people very scared because of how little was known about it.

-Kyler