http://currentaffairs.i2p/2016/11/frostchristman-paranoia-and-seventies-cinema
In Manchurian Candidate , Lawrence Harvey breaks his conditioning and shoots his asshole stepfather and his evil mom. AF: He gets through, and then he shoots himself, and it’s violent and gory and tragic and meaningless. But in a different way. MC: It’s kind of a bummer, but democracy has been preserved.