The original post: /r/television by /u/Careless-Wish-4563 on 2024-05-13 21:48:22.
I wanted to mention this because I’m noticing that it’s what makes a lot of media and art so great - a creator who understands people, how we think, why we make certain decisions. It’s why I love to read Stephen King’s works.
I was thinking about this when watching Saturday’s marathon, and when rewatching “monsters are due on maple street” today. Even now, the dialogue doesn’t feel or seem unrealistic in any of the episodes. What the characters are experiencing is still relatable. I was thinking today about how, even in our modern times - even in the future, I bet - people could still easily turn against each other, against a child, if they believed their lives were in danger. About how “Eye of the Beholder” and “Number 12 Looks Just Like You” still resonate with me as a young woman even though these episodes aired over 5 decades ago because women, no matter what time period, will always be expected to be beautiful. Yes, the acting is typically top-notch, but Serling’s works also speak to the human experience, to the human condition. He understood people, and he understood that we are often our own worst enemy. This is why his show, which premiered 65 years ago, remains so popular, even with someone who is college-aged like me.