‘The Obsolete Man’

Writes Liz Torrano:

As a science fiction fan, I often think of this 1961 episode of The Twilight Zone when conversing with family and friends about the state vs. the individual. It was great to watch it again today thanks to YouTube, and find it every bit as powerful as I remembered from my childhood.

Perhaps CBS got away with airing it because the state portrayed is likened to Stalin’s or Hitler’s; such things certainly couldn’t happen in the U.S., right?!

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3:54 pm on September 25, 2010