Critical of the Experiment
VICE mentioned how it’s difficult to watch the film without being incredibly critical of the experiment and the scientists involved. Wardle replied with saying how it’s understandable to be critical about it, but he also had this to say…
Source: Hollywood Reporter
“I studied psychology at university, and in the 50s and 60s, it was kind of like the Wild Wild West. There was this paradigm shift where psychology was trying to establish itself as legitimate science. All these experiments were going on, like the Milgram experiments and then later the Stanford prison experiment. They were doing things that today we consider totally unethical.”