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The Twilight Man Rod Serling and the Birth of Television
The Twilight Man Rod Serling and the Birth of Television | Koren Shadmi
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A biographical tale that follows Hollywood revolutionary Rod Serling's rise to fame in the Golden Age of Television, and his descent into his own personal Twilight Zone. We recognize him as our sharply dressed, cigarette-smoking tour guide of The Twilight Zone, but the entertainment business once regarded him as the Angry Young Man of Television. Before he became the revered master of science fiction, Rod Serling was a just a writer who had to fight to make his voice heard. He vehemently challenged the networks and viewership alike to expand their minds and standardsrejecting notions of censorship, racism and war. But it wasnt until he began to write about real world enemies in the guise of aliens and monsters that people lent their ears. In doing so, he pushed the television industry to the edge of glory, and himself to the edge of sanity. Rod operated in a dimension beyond that of contemporary society, making him both a revolutionary and an outsider.
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When I was a kid my grandpa used to love to watch his el cucuy shows and movies like Twilight Zone. I started watching w/him & loved it too. One of my favorite episodes is Talking Tina. It was a treat to read this graphic novel about the shows creator Rod Serling. He was a pioneer in television but also in fighting censorship and addressing controversial topics like social justice and politics.

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