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Blacklist

             "A Modern Day Version of the Salem Witch Trials".
             The word "blacklist" is a word that can put terror in a number of individuals. When you think of that term you think of the word "dark" and immediately you receive it as a term you would never want to be a part of. Hollywood in the early 1950's knew this term and it was a definate part in their lives and how they made their decisions. To this day people remember it as an example of a horrible mistake that caused many careers to be unfairly vanquished and tore family and friends apart and after that Hollywood was never the same.
             To truly understand why the blacklist occurred you have to go back in time and understand the era that brought about the troubles. In the early 1930's there was little social moral across the United States. Many were on the street and without proper shelter or food. Public moral in the banks were low as well as the government in general. At the time many joined the communist part because of the decrepit surroundings that they saw in their fellow man. Every day was another day without work to many and people saw salvation in a party that claimed to take care of the fellow man or "comrade." Movies at the time were to provide the public with an alternative with dealing with their everyday life. It was in essence an "escape" from the reality that only depressed them more. Movies such as "The Littlest Rebel" brought joy and made people feel as if they were included in that life and background. Famous Hollywood writers such as Paul Jerrico joined the communist party as well as Jean Butler because they were tired of seeing people on the streets suffering and 800 men going to a job that asked for only three. Most such as Richard Collins wanted socialism in a peaceful manner. But even then people were very secretive about their involvement in the communist party.


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1. Blacklisting: The Human Ruin Generated By The McCarthy Hearings

... any proof of this treason. When suspected the government would either put the so-called communist in jail or on a blacklist. Blacklists could hurt the victims financially and socially. Those who were on the blacklist were not given job opportunities and many of their friends and family shunned. Many of those suspected were government workers, ... would fire anybody who pledged to take the Fifth Amendment. Even though it seemed impossible to escape the embarrassment of being placed on the blacklist, there was a way but one way for someone to take their name of the list. The process of bei...

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2. Heath Review - The Unhealthy Oreo

... on various online networking stages. Oreo treats have chosen to throw the ethics that structured our incredible country right out the window and actually throw them directly down our throat! Blacklist Oreo treats and hit them where it hurts in the wallet. The American treat company showcase of solidarity with the gay and lesbian group was for the most part met ... reactions and denouncements; numerous commentators straightforwardly communicated their surrender of brand steadfastness to Nabisco and its Oreo items, while others debilitated to not at all like the Oreo page and blacklist th...

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3. McCARTHYISM

... lost their jobs. The FBI was also involved in the unemployment business. More than one blacklisted ended up waiting tables. The blacklist took a personal toll as well. Broken health and broken marriages, even suicides, were not unknown. When the blacklist lifted in the 1960s, its former victims were never able to fully resuscitate their careers. They had simply lost too much time ... . The entertainment industry's blacklist was the most visible of the economic sanctions of the McCarthy era, but it was hardly unique. Lawyers were particularly affected, especially those who defended people...

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4. Guilty By Suspicion

... threw him out, "for arguing too much." He finds that things are not going to go easily. The studio suggests he see a lawyer named Graff played by Sam Wanamaker, himself a blacklist victim. The lawyer explains how everything can be handled behind closed doors. All he has to do is name some names, to "cooperate," and he"ll be cleared to work ... -famous actress, Patricia Wettig drives her car over a cliff, terrified because her child was taken away as a result of blacklisting. "Guilty by Suspicion" is not only a powerful statement against the blacklist, but also one of the best movies I've...

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5. Salem Witchcraft

... skill fully manipulated people and created turmoil. He was enjoying the chaotic situation he created in society. Mc Carthy accused people and about five hundred people were put onto the blacklist. Many innocent people were harassed and humiliated by Mc Carthy's false accusations. By the time the Great Fear had run its course in society about six hundred colleague's professors had ... in Salem village. They started accusing each other. The trusties between people were broken and people didn't believe each other. And many business owners did not tolerate people in the blacklist to be work...

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6. The Grapes of Wrath and Marxism

... with the police to keep the poor, poor. If the police sensed an assembly, the participants would be labelled red and carried away. Anyone who attempts, get put on the blacklist and are sure to never have a job. Karl Marx believed in a firm separation of classes, he didn't want it mixing, which is completely naive. When the poor are allowed to ... ...

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7. The Armenian Holocaust

... that day the majority of Constantinople's Armenian intellectuals were taken into custody and imprisoned. Twenty-four hours later, the imprisoned intellectuals were removed and majority condemned to death off the blacklist.16 In May, the remaining Armenian population was deported. They transported the Armenians by train and foot to concentration camps throughout the Syrian Desert. The death marches spanned over one ... ...

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8. The Crucible - Characters and Themes

... five other people, and so forth. This "naming names" allowed the accusations to spread and spread, while also permitting the public airing of grievances and sins. As a member of the blacklist himself, Miller felt particularly strongly about the evil of fingering others to save oneself, and he expresses this idea by having several characters grapple with the requirement that they name ... ...

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9. French New Wave Cinema

... feelings that the entire country was facing at the time. After World War II however, "Hollywood between 1950 and 1969 can be understood as a response to anticommunist hysteria and the blacklist on the one hand and to the advent of economic divestiture on the other (pg. 387). " Therefore, genres such as Westerns, musical comedies, gangster films and genre-oriented films were ... ...

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