Talk:The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
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Monsters are due on Maple Street
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[edit] Mapleophobia
There's a Maple Street just a few blocks from my house in my neighborhood of Trucksville, Pennsylvania, a town in the vacinity of 25-30 miles southeast of Scranton and 10 miles east of Wilkes-Barre.
[edit] Hello, McCarthyism, hello?
The theme section needs some work. The whole paranoia angle is clearly influenced by the McCarthy red-bating stuff. This episode aired in 1959 for god's sake.
- I removed that Original Research WP:OR and instead added info that actually pertained to the episode rather than the Original Research that was inserted by an editor afflicted with some form of paranoia. Jtpaladin 21:32, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
- I added the claim back in tentatively- I found numerous film and media review sites that mention the red scare being a theme of the series in general and this episode specifically- I don't think that it's an unfair claim to make. However, I did trim down some of the unnecessary specifics, such as the trials which I think didn't bear mentioning. --Kuzaar-T-C- 12:57, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] A Wonderful Study of Man and Mind
This episode is certainly one of the most fascinating ones I've seen so far. There are very deep and fundamental messages in this episode and should definitely be viewed by all and discussed. There are many learning resources on the Internet, which anyone can find by typing the title in Google. Also, there is a very enlightening essay available at http://www.americanviewsabroad.org/monsters.html
[edit] More info
Agreed that the themes section needs work. Also, The teleplay appears standard in many jr. high english text books. Does anyone know more about that?
[edit] New "Twilight Zone" episode homage
In the new series of "The Twilight Zone," there was episode that was a direct hompage to this, only instead of McCarthyism, it's subject was terrorism. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.208.218.100 (talk • contribs)
with the twilight zone as a state of mind you can assume how scary this was —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.238.35.72 (talk) 21:47, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
