I've noticed that too. Here's the crazy thing, some say Rod Serling was a bit of a Lefty, sympathetic to the beatniks and hippies but here's the twilight zone twist: In his day, 'the left' were actually strong proponents of free speech and definitely railed against big government and govt regulations, govt overreach.
And that is where we live in the disturbing twist: in 2020, these old hippies, the lefties are full-on FOR as much govt control as ever including over free speech!
There would be no doubt about it - if Serling were alive today he'd be MAGA man and then again he'd be 'canceled' by the network for right-wing hatespeech I suppose.
If you haven't seen them I love the old black and white "Outer Limits." Soooo many episodes about the evil deep state. And none of the saccharin sentimentality of the "Twilight Zone." Watching both shows gives a richer view of what people were concerned about at the time.
I've noticed that too. Here's the crazy thing, some say Rod Serling was a bit of a Lefty, sympathetic to the beatniks and hippies but here's the twilight zone twist: In his day, 'the left' were actually strong proponents of free speech and definitely railed against big government and govt regulations, govt overreach.
And that is where we live in the disturbing twist: in 2020, these old hippies, the lefties are full-on FOR as much govt control as ever including over free speech!
There would be no doubt about it - if Serling were alive today he'd be MAGA man and then again he'd be 'canceled' by the network for right-wing hatespeech I suppose.
If you haven't seen them I love the old black and white "Outer Limits." Soooo many episodes about the evil deep state. And none of the saccharin sentimentality of the "Twilight Zone." Watching both shows gives a richer view of what people were concerned about at the time.