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Getting Caught in the Story
On the screen is a country on fire. Relentless firestorms devour the landscape and all it contains. A brave few control the view. Others are firefighters, evacuees, or casualties. In-studio reporters interrogate survivors. Helpless millions watch. Change the channel? No way. This is reality they think they want to watch.
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June 1975. Millions of moviegoers flooded theaters. They clung to their seats, startled as a big Godzilla-style shark incited bigger fear. A young Steven Spielberg directed part monster thriller, part deadly chase. It does for ocean water what Hitchcock’s “Psycho” did for showers.
By Lynn Fenske9 months ago in Critique
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