Experimenter Evidence

“Why didn’t you stop when he asked you to stop?” “I thought the experiment depended on me, and ain't nobody told me to stop”-subject 2 (yellow shirt guy) “well he told you to stop”- Milgram

the experiment scene, obedience to authority theme, done to show the agentic state (a state where people do not feel responsible for their actions)

Brechtian technique of 4th wall break and an elephant in the room (projection) with Milgram explaining about the nazis and how his parents are jewish immigrants.

yale hall scene, obedience to authority theme, done to make us really think about the real-life implications of blindly following orders

“Human nature can be studied but not escaped, especially your own” - Milgram (4th wall break)

asch scene, obedience to authority theme, shows that you can understand why people do things but cant change that they do them

Interrupting action (with coffee) brechtian technique + “Everything a person does is based on the feelings and ideas within the person”

debriefing scene, obedience to authority theme, to make us ponder why people would do something like shock someone

“the experiment requires you to continue“ - Mr Williams to subject 2 (yellow shirt guy)

the experiment scene, obedience to authority theme, done to show authoritative phrase to encourage obedience (applying pressure without saying “you have to do this”, makes the teacher/subject think that they have to continue)

“The power of the situation overwhelmed your personal power” -Milgram

debriefing scene, obedience to authority theme, done to show the crux of the issue. Sometimes situations are more powerful than our morals

“No one showed signs of harm, no one had been traumatised.” - Milgram

debriefing scene, obedience to authority theme, gives us the choice of if Milgram had the right to do the experiment, if no one was harmed.

A series of close-ups between Milgram and the ethical board. The ethical board looks angry/uncomfortable. + “Science must enhance our morals, not diminish it”

ethics committee scene,obedience to authority theme, to show what the ethics committee thought about the experiment and to say that people believe that experiments should make us better people, not show how weak humans are