movie- "Being There"

In the film Being There, Director Hal Ashby very effectively makes a satirical comment on
the effect of television’s impact on society. Chance, the central character in the spoof, is a mentally
challenged man who has lived his entire life enclosed by the walls of his rich master’s luxurious
townhouse that isolate him from the actualities of the real world. He passes his days in a totally
routine manner, tending the master’s garden, watching television and being fed by a black servant.
Any need to go beyond these daily rituals is precluded by his content state of mind and lack of
knowledge and interest in anything exceeding the boundaries of gardening and television. His habitual
means of living, however, comes to an end when his master is found dead in bed. Forced to leave
home for the first time in his life, he dresses himself in his master’s elegant, specially tailored, 1920s
apparel, and abandons the townhouse’s shielding walls. While walking the streets o...