Why am I hearing the Twighlight Zone theme in my head the entire time I'm
reading this?
"Meldon" <meldon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Rod Serling became a Unitarian despite the religion to which he was
born.
>
> Infamous for being an outsider in the industry, in mid-life, I seem to
> recall, he lived in
> seclusion in a trailer in the desert and later in New York died at a
> relatively young age after a series of heart attacks.
>
> Most famous for his series, The Twilight Zone, he wrote the screenplay
for
> an episode entitled "To Serve Man", which in the end, it was found to be
a
> recipe!
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Serve_Man_(The_Twilight_Zone)
>
> Another more well known work of fiction was the original Planet of the
> Apes for which he co-wrote the screenplay.
>
> Both of these amazing works had a common theme, namely, grand dystopian
> conspiracy.
>
> In the latter, appears not simply a tale of domination by the great apes
> but conspiracies of hidden knowledge and suppressed history. It is
> generally understood the film was a social commentary.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_of_the_apes
>
> Rod Serling may have been presenting warning of malevolence in the form
of
> benevolence in the only way he safely could.
>
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