There are so many threads to the story, so much jumping in time and space, so many charact I'll admit that listening to the L.A. Theatreworks staging of The Manchurian Candidate was not the best method of engaging with John Lahr's stage adaptation of Richard Condon's book, but having seen both film adaptations and read the original, I did have enough foreknowledge to navigate what was otherwise a confusing mess (my teenage son listened with me and he was utterly lost, so I know of what I write).
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Because sometimes, your trip ends before the in-flight movie does, and you really don’t want to ask the pilot to circle the airport just so you can catch the finale.I'll admit that listening to the L.A.Because sometimes, you fall asleep watching a mediocre rental, and would rather return it on time than pay two more bucks just to see the end.Because sometimes, your TiVo timer didn’t get it quite right, and cut off the crucial final minutes of something that won’t get shown again for six months.Because sometimes, you’re not interested in seeing that movie everyone’s talking about but are dying to know what the hubbub is about anyway.Because sometimes, you vaguely remember an old movie that had some sort of plot twist at the end of it, but can’t remember what it was.
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Revelation of some truths, when combined with this falsified evidence, appears to guarantee the downfall of Manchurian, making democracy in America more secure. In one epilogue, Federal agents, including Rosie and Military Intelligence’s Colonel Garrett (Miguel Ferrer) are seen digitally removing Marco’s image from security videos, and replacing him with a known Manchurian mercenary. Seconds later, Federal agent Rosie (Kimberly Elise) finds Marco, and stops him from killing himself. This “snaps” Marco’s conditioning as well, and he fires a single bullet that kills both Raymond and his mother.
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(This assassination would look like Marco was attempting to kill Shaw, based on extensive records showing that Marco had been stalking Raymond Shaw for quite some time.) After a monumental internal struggle, Raymond is able to overcome his programming, and step between Arthur (on stage) and Marco (hidden, with a sniper rifle). Raymond and Marco come to realize that their thoughts and personalities are being controlled, but it’s too late just as they begin to formulate a plan to fight back, Manchurian activates Marco’s program to assassinate President-elect Arthur, getting Raymond to the White House as quickly as possible. On election day, it appears that Raymond’s chilling doctrine of “compassionate vigilance” has won over the voters, and that the ticket of Robert Arthur (Tom Stechschulte) and Raymond Shaw will win the election. Manchurian and Senator Shaw used all of the tools at their disposal to get Raymond on the ticket as the Vice-Presidential candidate. Manchurian participated because their goal was to have a puppet-President to keep xenophobia and paranoia high, making sure that America would always be “fighting terrorism” on as many fronts as possible, thus ensuring them a steady revenue stream. Senator Eleanor Shaw (Meryl Streep) allowed her main political contributor, the Manchurian Global corporation, to kidnap and implant microchips in her son Raymond (Liev Schreiber) and the rest of Bennett Marco’s (Denzel Washington’s) squad in 1991, to forward her eventual goal of placing Raymond in the Oval Office.