Tommy is a straightforward occult story of how the world works. Tommy from childhood is deaf, dumb, and blind. That's all us normies out there. We're Tommy. The Holiday Camp, Pinball (entertainment), the Church, the cult of Celebrity, and blue pills and booze keep all us Tommys asleep. Tommy himself becomes a celebrity by playing pinball (working in entertainment), but he is still blind. Nothing wakes Tommy up until he goes through the looking glass like Alice. Then he understands how the holiday camp works to keep everyone asleep, and rather than wake everyone up he simply builds his own holiday camp. The theme is the same as the ring of power in Lord of the Rings. People seek the ring of power for themselves, not to destroy it. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.