Tag: plays

Joe McCarthy & Arthur Miller

Sep 16, 2025

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Ben East

in Conspiracies, Crime, Government Studies, history, Nonfiction, Politics, Terrorism, Washington

Joe McCarthy led a witch hunt that in turn led to required reading for all U.S. high school students: Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible.
Witch Hunt

Jun 16, 2017

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by

Ben East

in Humor?, News, Politics

Let’s not kid ourselves. Among the many mistakes in Arthur Miller’s talented life (he divorced Marilyn Monroe after just 5 yrs) was his choice of title for The SINGLE GREATEST Story About American History’s Salem Witch Trials. The Crucible. The Crucible? What’s this, Chemistry class? Are we grinding elements here to torch them with a…