Have You No Sense of Decency?: Compare and Contrast

Have You No Sense of Decency?: Compare and Contrast

Arthur Miller, The Crucible

Miller's play isn't directly about Communists, but witches were the Communists of the 17th century. This isn't to say Communists were laying the evil eye on anybody, but it's the same sort of thing...

Edward R. Murrow, "Response to Senator Joe McCarthy on CBS's See It Now"

McCarthy's most powerful and visible foe when the senator was at the height of his power and hysteria, Murrow was a seriously brave guy. While careers were going down in flames all around him, Murr...

Elia Kazan, On the Waterfront

In 1952, film director Elia Kazan appeared before HUAC and sold out eight of his friends.On the Waterfront, a grimy film noir starring a young Marlon Brando going up against mafia-controlled union...

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

What could an admittedly awesome B-movie about alien shapeshifters taking over a small American town have to do with McCarthyism? A whole lot, but on an allegorical level.The most successful horror...