1. Joseph McCarthyism
... occurring not only in politics, however, it was also transpiring in Hollywood. Actors, directors, producers, and writers were all under close watch by the government for any communist ties. Arthur Miller, author of the play "The Crucible," was one of the many Hollywood writers who faced public scrutiny because of alleged ties to the communist movement in America. "The Crucible," a play ... about the Salem witch trials of the seventeenth century, was an allegory for the communist trials led by McCarthy. Miller compared the two events as equally asinine because neither was based on strict...
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