Remembering "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" today. Jack Nicholson enters the asylum pretending to be "off" and tries to transform the thinking of the inmates. He's the visionary, telling them they don't have to endure the rules of the evil head nurse. He even tries the impossible feat of lifting the water fountain as a means to escape the asylum.
The Native American in this crazy white mans' world observes. He is tall and strong. He appears to be sane and stable. When Jack is finally defeated by the backward electric shock treatment, the Indian, out of deep compassion, performs a mercy killing. Probably out of rage, he has the power to use his strength to pull up the fountain, crash the windows, and run like a deer to freedom.
This asylum is now the theft of America. Which role will you take?
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