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“Science fiction is a very good way to talk about politics and human systems, by extrapolating them to another planet or into a future where it doesn’t piss people off to read about them. You talk about people’s politics or religion and they get mad because they feel threatened. But you set it on another planet or in some alternate universe, and they can look at it with a more objective eye and maybe look at the world through another perspective, if only for a short time.” James Cameron, director of Avatar, The Terminator and True Lies
M.C. Tuggle, Writer 
Rod Serling created The Twilight Zone for that reason. He faced censorship from CBS for an episode of Playhouse 90 he wrote that alluded to the murder of Emmett Till.
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Too bad TV doesn’t have talented writers like Serling any more!
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So true, and in a way it cracks me up because it’s so obvious and people don’t seem to notice. 🙂
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Diana,
Agreed. The juvenile fare that passes for entertainment is simply sad.
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This is so true and sad to me in some ways. Star Trek (and its subsequent franchises) used to do this a lot.
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