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Despite the unfortunate reason for the limitation, as long as the author intends to present a fictional story I think allegorical stories about injustice actually do more to convey the message. There's a lot of fiction that just feels like the writer had tunnel vision on a contemporary issue and forgot to flesh out enough of a story to make it feel like more than a thinly-veiled lecture. Even when I agree wholeheartedly with the message, it can be agonizing to watch.

Just a general thought though, Peele is a good enough creator that I don't expect him to fall into that trap.

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Obviously, Serling was creative enough to work within the constraints to make something that still resonates decades later. One might even wonder if he'd been allowed to be more directly topical if that would still be true.

[Haven't seen the Peele version yet, since no access to P+]

>> There's a lot of fiction that just feels like the writer had tunnel vision on a contemporary issue and forgot to flesh out enough of a story to make it feel like more than a thinly-veiled lecture. Even when I agree wholeheartedly with the message, it can be agonizing to watch.

The classic example of that for me is a Star Trek episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_That_Be_Your_Last_Battlefi...

At least they bothered to "thinly veil" it, unlike a lot of things today.

I remember seeing that as a small child and thinking that most of my fairy tales were more subtle.

This is one of my favorite episodes. I always thought the thin veiling helped to demonstrate the absurdity of both situations -- perhaps it was even done intentionally for that reason.

Note that this article is from 2019. Looks like the Peele version lasted two seasons. I guess it didn't set the world on fire.

I saw it. It was pretty hit and miss, like the original but it's far less timeless. If you liked the original, this is better than nothing but it's not going to sate one's desire for more Twilight Zone.

Thanks for the review. When I heard Jordan Peele, I thought hey, his sense of the macabre might work well for the show.

But... he might turn out to be sort of "one-flavor," if not quite one-note.

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