'...it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge.'
The Big Picture When The Twilight Zone first premiered, few shows were as far ahead of their time in their approach to social commentary as Rod Serling's seminal work. This series had episodes that, on its surface, might have been about alien invasions, otherworldly phenomena, or other bizarre paranormal encounters but a lot of the time, tackled conversations surrounding racial issues, sexism, nuclear paranoia, classism, and xenophobia in general.
Rod Serling Was Ahead of His Time Before he could begin working on his iconic series, Rod Serling would first attempt to bring Emmett Till's story to TV. In 1955, Till was a young African-American boy visiting family in Mississippi, where he would be captured and beaten to death by two monstrous racists. Till's killers were found not guilty and let go of all of their charges, an absolutely devastating decision that helped put the Civil Rights Movement in motion.
"Deaths-Head Revisited" Looked at Xenophobia The Twilight Zone wasn't afraid to tackle xenophobia, either. The Season 3 classic, "Deaths-Head Revisited," follows a former SS officer who travels to the remains of a concentration camp that he operated in during World War II. Here, he is met with his victim's spirits, and forced to face the evils of his past and present. You can really feel Serling's passion in this one.
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