Sad news. The great character actor
Kevin McCarthy, best-known for his role in the original sci-fi poli-sci film classic,
Invasion of the Body Snatchers, recently died. In an odd coincidence, the film was seen as a commentary on McCarthyism;
Joe McCarthy was no relation. His
ultimately-paranoid performance has become a benchmark for the genre, and the movie introduced the idea of "pod people" into the imaginative lexicon of North American suburbia - where unthinking ideological "mind absorption" seemed to have struck all those zombified by the Eisonhower-era. "They're here already! You're next!" could be the rallying cry for any concerned citizen though - afraid of either immigrants or the Tea Party. Several times remade, never bettered. 59 years later, it remains one of the must-sees of the period.
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