Abrams On Fresh Air 2008-09-08
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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94383346
33:15 minutes in, begins the Abrams portion of Fresh Air
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43:50 Abrams, speaking of Rod Serling and the Twilight Zone, begins again
to reveal the metaphor behind the episodes.
(Note: Listen to the Elvis Mitchell interview from November 2004, where
Abrams first delineates this theme of inspiration.)
Writing about things that really matter to him...
Trouble with censors and advertisers....
Socially conscious issues. race, politics
Allegory
Write about the things that were important....AND HIDE IT
Abrams is NOT talking about Serling here. He is revealing himself (Abrams)
http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/allegory.html
Allegory is a form of extended metaphor, in which objects, persons, and
actions in a narrative, are equated with the meanings that lie outside the
narrative itself. The underlying meaning has moral, social, religious, or
political significance, and characters are often personifications of
abstract ideas as charity, greed, or envy.
Thus an allegory is a story with two meanings, a literal meaning and a
symbolic meaning.
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November 2004 - Lost Discussion
September 2008 - Fringe Discussion
Abrams practically says the same thing in both interviews, when discussing
Rod Serling, metaphors and hiding.
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.tv.lost/msg/85956ac59349cbd4
http://www.lostdude.com/lostaudio/The.Treatment.J.J.Abrams.with.Elvis.Mitchell.2004-11-10.64kbps.mp3