THE SEASON TO BE WARY

by Rod Serling ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 7, 1967

Drawing...heavily...from the more spectacular effects of The Twilight Zone, Mr. Serling has composed a trilogy about injustice and guilt and punishment. The first section deals with a still Nazi-expatriate, the Deputy Assistant Commander of Auschwitz hiding out in Argentina who is panic stricken after Eichmann's capture. He becomes obsessed with a painting of a peaceful fisherman and projects himself into it. But it becomes suddenly and irrevocably replaced by a portrait of the crucifixion and his subliminal ego finds itself nailed...screaming...unto eternity. The second part switches to civil rights Mississippi where one ""skinny-assed nigger preacher"" provokes old ""King (White Cadillac Convertible) Connacher"" into an arousing harangue that causes the terrible death of the preacher's four year old. King pays his dues...he becomes black. The last story is about a simpleton, Indian Charlie, who is about to be used. An aristocratic woman, blind since birth, wants his eyes for a transplant that will allow her to see for sixteen hours. She sees, for the first time, the night of New York's blackout. Mr. Serling makes his point with savage irony but the characters are stereotyped to an alarming degree. Be wary.

Pub Date: Sept. 7, 1967

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Little, Brown

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1967

Categories: FICTION