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Seinfeld: Kramer The Dermatologist
Kramer acts like a dermatologist so that George can get a picture of Kruger with his shirt off. During his inspection, Kruger trusts and believes in everything that Kramer says because he claims to be a "Juilliard-trained dermatologist." -
Experimenter: He Asked You to Stop
Social psychologist Stanley Milgram conducts a series of radical experiments that test the willingness of individuals to obey authority. When the inflictor is interviewed as to why he continued to send electric shocks after each incorrect answer even when he was begged to stop, the inflictor implies that it wasn't that serious because it was the subject that made the request. This clip illustrates the conflict between personal conscience and obedience to authority. -
The Andy Griffith Show: Authoritarianism
In this clip we have the deputy do a comedic sketch of protecting the Andy by forcibly enlisting two other people who do not want to be part of this action. While it is filtered with comedy, there is the inescapable thought of an organized authority that tells its workers what to do as and subordinates them in a militaristic fashion of obedience. We can take it to the real world context of who and how authority handles protests (riots) as well as the hyper militarization of police in events like: Zoot Suit Riots, Occupy Movement, BLM protests, and the Insurrection.
