# See the cage, it called # I said, "Come on in" # I will not open myself upthis way... #...
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# See the cage, it called # I said, "Come on in" # I will not open myself up
this way... # Mao Zedong's wife was going mad. She was called Jiang Qing. She lived alone,
surrounded by pet monkeys and nurses, who she was convinced
were conspiring against her. Those in charge of the revolution
in China had completely marginalised her. She was too dangerous, they thought,
to be allowed anywhere near her husband or power. They had even sent her to Moscow
to be locked in a sanatorium with real and imagined illnesses
this way... # Mao Zedong's wife was going mad. She was called Jiang Qing. She lived alone,
surrounded by pet monkeys and nurses, who she was convinced
were conspiring against her. Those in charge of the revolution
in China had completely marginalised her. She was too dangerous, they thought,
to be allowed anywhere near her husband or power. They had even sent her to Moscow
to be locked in a sanatorium with real and imagined illnesses
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# See the cage, it called
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# I said, "Come on in"
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# I will not open myself up
this way... #
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Mao Zedong's wife was going mad.
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She was called Jiang Qing.
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She lived alone,
surrounded by pet monkeys
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and nurses, who she was convinced
were conspiring against her.
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Those in charge of the revolution
in China
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had completely marginalised her.
00:00:30.072 --> 00:00:33.048
She was too dangerous, they thought,
to be allowed anywhere
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near her husband or power.
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They had even sent her to Moscow
to be locked in a sanatorium
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with real and imagined illnesses.
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Movie Summary
Love, power, money, ghosts of empire, conspiracies, artificial intelligence and You. An emotional history of the modern world by Adam Curtis.
