RTA 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Dominate, Illya Kuryakin, Coroner
5 Apr 2017
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Rta 210 class 12 april 5, 2017 drama. Sustained = paid for and produced by network. What you don"t see is more frightening than what you do see- theatre of the mind! Lights out: arch oboler (1934- 1947, gruesome sound effects. Kids adventure shows: superman, lone ranger, green hornet etc. Street and smith pulp novel publishers (comics without pictures) Given the power to cloud men"s minds. Danny o"neil/michael kaluta comic book series- 1940s. Who went on to do this for psycho. The extent of the panic has been considered to be somewhat overstated, and is now an urban le gend. Listeners miss the first announcement that this is a radio play. Break in the edgar bergen show (nbc) for a musical act; listeners then turned the dial to hear w. The hindenburg disaster, etc. meant that radio news was credible. Paranoia due to hitler; germany had just invaded czechoslovakia. Radio dramas using new flashes were extremely rare.
