Dream Scenario

Extremely heart-felt and well-made tragedy about an ordinary schlub who, for unknown reasons, is suddenly put on display, ostracized, and persecuted by the universe. Among other things, it’s a metaphor for cancel culture. But in this case, the ordinary guy, played neurotically and expertly by Nick Cage, did absolutely nothing wrong. The people around him don’t acknowledge this and participate in the pile on, because, well, you’ve got to stone SOMEBODY to death, right? Otherwise it could be you. When the persecution begins to drive him crazy, the schlub starts to make mistakes, which would be the normal human reaction. And then of course, to the people around him this reinforces the originally unfounded belief that he’s a bad man. And the spiral down hastens. It’s incredibly sad.