
Ep 53 - The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
Hardcore Literature
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I Have Given You My Soul. Leave Me My Name.
Arthur miller was a playwright who found himself blacklisted and investigated by the house committee on un American activities. The organization was set up to investigate citizens and organizations suspected of having communist ties. This led to the black listing of hundreds of directors, actors and screen writers working in hollywood,. especially the writers. Charlie chaplin and alson wells are two of my personal favourites who were on the chopping block. And if you did not overtly demonize all things communist yourself, that was as good a sign as any that you were one of them. If you didn't fiercely and overtly oppose communism and all things even vaguely communist, if you didn’t do that, then you were
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