Four days later, Bryant’s husbandRoyandJ.W.
The Midnight Society were Rod Serling fans.
He must have a position, a point of view.
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That Till’s murderers were acquitted of the crime compelled Serling to tell the story.
Television in the 1950s was restrictive, to say the least, asLucille BallandDesi Arnazwould attest to.
So when Serling pitched the idea to the executives behind ABC’s anthology seriesU.S.
Ordinary people find themselves in extraordinarily astounding situations, which they each try to solve in a remarkable manner.
Steel Hour, he framed it as a story about a Jewish pawnbroker’s lynching in the South.
As a result, whenU.S.
In the same interview with Wallace, Serling described how his initial story was decimated.
A movie about the murder and the aftermath,Till, was released in 2022.
Don’t look for it in the Twilight Zonelook for it in a mirror.
Look for it before the light goes out altogether."
The Twilight Zoneis available to stream on Paramount+ in the U.S.
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