An Early Run-In with Censors Led Rod Serling to ‘The Twilight Zone’

Re:An Early Run-In with Censors Led Rod Serling to ‘The Twil... by phkahler on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @02:23PM (#31827291)

>> There's a lot of fiction that just feels like the writer had tunnel vision on a contemporary issue and forgot to flesh out enough of a story to make it feel like more than a thinly-veiled lecture. Even when I agree wholeheartedly with the message, it can be agonizing to watch.

The classic example of that for me is a Star Trek episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_That_Be_Your_Last_Battlefi...

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Re:An Early Run-In with Censors Led Rod Serling to ‘The Twil... by __init on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @04:41PM (#31828873)

This is one of my favorite episodes. I always thought the thin veiling helped to demonstrate the absurdity of both situations -- perhaps it was even done intentionally for that reason.

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Re:An Early Run-In with Censors Led Rod Serling to ‘The Twil... by at_a_remove on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @03:39PM (#31828206)

I remember seeing that as a small child and thinking that most of my fairy tales were more subtle.

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Re:An Early Run-In with Censors Led Rod Serling to ‘The Twil... by digisign on Tuesday June 21, 2022 @02:41PM (#31827463)

At least they bothered to "thinly veil" it, unlike a lot of things today.

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