In the master Freddie is a navel veteran who has come back
from the war and the navy with war trauma. He relies on alcohol or mixed chemicals
to get through the day with crazy erratic behavior. He lands himself on a boat
of Lancaster Dodd or otherwise known as the master. The master runs a thing
called the Couse, he pretends to cure people and heal them by hypnosis. Where
they believe they can recall past lives. Freddie and the master work together
to gather people and travel to new places to teach their cause to people dumb
enough to believe anything they say. After only a few scenes I believed them
both to be mentally ill, maybe that’s why they were drawn together to be
friends. Freddie clearly is not in his right mind after the war even finding comfort
in a 16 year old girl should let everyone watching know he is not in his right
mind. Then Lancaster Dodd is so clearly spitting lies and making everything up
as he goes is either madness or genius because he had a large following of
fools hanging on every word. There where scenes when the master would be
talking to everyone preaching what he wants them to believe and the next scene
all the woman are naked, I believe this was powerful representation of what a
cult following would do for their leader, he could talk them into anything even
stripping naked and dancing around like fools. I think that’s exactly what the Couse
was a cult, based on scientology. The Couse
and scientology have the same beliefs, multiple lives, counseling that’s based
on reliving painful memories so you can free yourself, and having to buy things
like books or tapes to excel in the religion or cult.
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