Rod Serling - Rod Serling

Rod Serling
Serlingning reklama fotosurati, 1959 yil
Tug'ilgan	Rodman Edvard Serling (1924-12-25)1924 yil 25-dekabr Sirakuza, Nyu-York, BIZ.
O'ldi	1975 yil 28-iyun(1975-06-28) (50 yosh) Rochester, Nyu-York, BIZ.
Dam olish joyi	Lake View qabristoni Interlaken, Nyu-York, BIZ.
Kasb	Ssenariy muallifi, televizion prodyuser, muallif
Ta'lim	San'at bakalavri adabiyotda
Olma mater	Antioxiya kolleji
Janr	Drama, spekulyativ fantastika, ilmiy fantastika, dahshatli fantastika
Taniqli ishlar	Naqshlar, Og'ir vazn uchun rekviyem, Alacakaranlık zonasi, May oyida etti kun, Tungi galereya, Maymunlar sayyorasi
Taniqli mukofotlar	Emmi, Ugo, Inkpot[1], Peabody, Oltin globus
Faol yillar	1946–1975
Turmush o'rtog'i	Kerolin L. Kramer ​ (m. 1948)​
Bolalar	2
Qarindoshlar	Robert J. Serling (aka)

Rodman Edvard Serling (1924 yil 25-dekabr - 1975 yil 28-iyun), odatda sifatida tanilgan Rod Serling, amerikalik edi ssenariy muallifi, dramaturg, televizion prodyuser va hikoya qiluvchi 1950-yillarda jonli televizion dramalari bilan tanilgan va uning antologiya teleseriallari, Alacakaranlık zonasi. Serling ekranda ham, ekranda ham siyosatda faol bo'lgan va televizion sanoat standartlarini shakllantirishga yordam bergan. U Gollivudning "g'azablangan yigiti" sifatida tanilgan, televidenie rahbarlari va homiylari bilan to'qnashgan, shu jumladan turli masalalarda. tsenzura, irqchilik va urush.

Hayotning boshlang'ich davri

Serling 1924 yil 25 dekabrda tug'ilgan Sirakuza, Nyu-York, a Yahudiy oila.^[2] U Ester (uy egasi Kuper) va Semuel Lourens Serlingdan tug'ilgan ikki o'g'ilning ikkinchisi edi.^[3] Serlingning otasi bolalari tug'ilishidan oldin kotib va ​​havaskor ixtirochi bo'lib ishlagan, ammo barqaror daromad olish uchun qaynotasining kasbini do'kon sifatida sotib olgan.^[2]:15 Keyinchalik Buyuk Depressiya do'konni yopishga majbur qilganidan keyin Sem Serling qassobga aylandi. Rodning akasi, yozuvchi va aviatsiya yozuvchisi bor edi Robert J. Serling.^[2]:23[4]

Serling yoshligining ko'p qismini Sirakuzadan 70 mil janubda shahrida o'tkazdi Bingemton uning oilasi 1926 yilda u erga ko'chib ketganidan keyin.^[3] Uning ota-onasi uning iste'dodini ijrochi sifatida qo'llab-quvvatlagan. Sem Serling podvalda kichik sahnani qurdi, u erda Rod tez-tez (mahalla bolalari bilan yoki ularsiz) spektakllar qo'yardi.^[2]:17–18 Uning akasi, yozuvchi Robertning eslashicha, olti yoki etti yoshida Rod o'zi ko'rgan pulpa jurnallaridan yoki filmlaridan suhbatlashib, bir necha soat davomida o'zini o'zi quvontirgan. Rod ko'pincha javoblarini kutmasdan savollar berardi. Bingemtondan Sirakuzaga ikki soatlik sayohatda, qolgan oilalar Rod ularning ishtirok etishmayotganligini payqadimi yoki yo'qligini bilish uchun jim turishdi. U bunday qilmadi va butun mashina bo'ylab to'xtovsiz gaplashdi.^[3]

Boshlang'ich maktabda Serling sinf masxarabozi sifatida ko'rilgan va ko'plab o'qituvchilari uni yo'qolgan sabab sifatida ishdan bo'shatishgan.^[2]:19–20 Biroq, uning ettinchi sinfidagi ingliz tili o'qituvchisi Xelen Foli uni maktabning jamoat oldida so'zlashdan tashqari darslariga kirishga undadi.^[2]:19 U munozarali jamoaga qo'shildi va o'rta maktabni bitirganida ma'ruzachi edi. U maktab gazetasida yozishni boshladi, unda jurnalist Gordon Sanderning so'zlariga ko'ra, u "ijtimoiy faol sifatida obro'sini o'rnatdi".^[2]:19

O'rta maktabning yuqori sinf o'quvchisi sifatida xizmat qilish, 1943 yil

U sportga ham qiziqar edi va yuqori darajadagi mahoratiga ega edi tennis va stol tennisi. U varsityga qo'shilishga harakat qilganida futbol unga 163 sm balandlikda juda kichkina ekanligi aytilgan.^[2]:18–22

Serling yoshligidanoq radio va yozishga qiziqqan. U ashaddiy radio tinglovchisi edi, ayniqsa triller, fantaziya va dahshatli shoularga qiziqar edi. Arch Oboler va Norman Korvin uning sevimli ikki yozuvchisi edi.^[5] Shuningdek, u "ba'zi xodimlar Binghamton radiostansiyasida ishlagan ... yozishga harakat qilgan ... lekin hech qachon nashr etilgan narsa bo'lmagan."^[5] U o'rta maktabni tugatgan yilida kollejga qabul qilindi. Biroq, Qo'shma Shtatlar bunga aralashgan Ikkinchi jahon urushi o'sha paytda va Serling u tugatgandan so'ng darhol kollejni boshlash o'rniga o'qishga kirishga qaror qildi Bingemton markaziy o'rta maktabi 1943 yilda.^[4][6]

Harbiy xizmat

O'rta maktab gazetasining muharriri sifatida Serling boshqa o'quvchilarini urush harakatlarini qo'llab-quvvatlashga da'vat etdi. U janjalga qo'shilish uchun bitiruvdan oldin maktabni tark etmoqchi edi, ammo fuqarolik o'qituvchisi uni bitiruvni kutish haqida gaplashdi. "Urush bu vaqtinchalik narsa", dedi unga Gus Yangstrom. "Bu tugaydi. Ta'lim tugamaydi. Sizning diplomingiz bo'lmasa, urushdan keyin qayerda bo'lasiz?"^[2]:36 Serling ro'yxatga olingan AQSh armiyasi o'rta maktabni tugatgandan keyin ertalab, akasi Robertga ergashdi.^{[2]:34, 37}

Serling harbiy faoliyatini 1943 yilda boshlagan Toccoa lageri, General, Gruziya Jozef May "Jou" belanchak va polkovnik Orin D. "Hard Rock" Haugen^[2]:36–37 va xizmat qilgan 511-chi parashyut piyoda polk ning 11-desant diviziyasi.^[4] Oxir-oqibat u martabaga erishdi Texnik to'rtinchi sinf (T / 4).^[7]

Parashyutchilar tayyorgarligining keyingi yilida Serling va boshqalar tajovuzkor bo'lish uchun boksni boshladilar. U uch vaznda qatnashdi va 17 ta jang o'tkazdi va nokautga uchraguniga qadar divizion finalining ikkinchi raundiga ko'tarildi.^[2]:40 U eslab qoldi Berserker uslubi va "birinchi jangda va yana so'nggi bahsda yana burnini sindirishi" uchun.^[8] U qo'lini sinab ko'rdi Oltin qo'lqop, ozgina muvaffaqiyat bilan.^[5]

1944 yil 25 aprelda Serling uning buyrug'ini oldi va uni g'arbiy Kaliforniyaga jo'natayotganini ko'rdi. U qarshi kurashishini bilar edi Yapon o'rniga Nemislar. Bu uning ko'nglini qoldirdi, chunki u kurashda yordam berishga umid qilgan edi Gitler.^[2]:40–41 May oyida u tayinlandi Tinch okeani teatri yilda Yangi Gvineya va Filippinlar.^[9]

511-chi parashyut piyoda polkining qo'shinlari yaralangan askarni Leyte orolidagi Manaravatdagi yordam stantsiyasiga evakuatsiya qilmoqda, 1944 yil dekabr.

1944 yil noyabr oyida uning bo'linmasi birinchi marta jangovar harakatlarni ko'rdi, Filippinlarga tushdi. 11-desant diviziyasi parashyutchi sifatida emas, balki paytida engil piyoda askar sifatida ishlatilishi mumkin edi Leyte jangi. Bu ilgari qirg'oqqa chiqib ketgan beshta bo'linishni bartaraf etishga yordam berdi.^[2]:43

Turli sabablarga ko'ra Serling qurbonlarning yuqori darajasi uchun "O'lim guruhi" laqabli 511-chi vayronagarchilik vzvodiga ko'chirildi. Serjant Frenk Lyuis, vayronalar guruhi etakchisining so'zlariga ko'ra, "U chiziq bo'ylab biron joyni burkab oldi. Aftidan u kimningdir asabiga tegdi".^[2]:45 Lyuis, shuningdek, Serlingni dala askari bo'lishga yaroqsiz deb topdi: "unda jang uchun zarur bo'lgan aql va tajovuzkorlik yo'q edi".^[2]:45 Bir payt Lyuis, Serling va boshqalar tulki teshigiga ilinib, otishmada edilar. Ular zulmatni kutishganda, Lyuis Serling qo'shimcha jurnallarini qayta yuklamaganini payqadi. Serling ba'zida buyurtmalarga binoan o'z-o'zidan kashfiyotga borgan va adashib qolgan.^[2]:45

Serlingning Leytadagi davri uning butun umri davomida yozuvchilik va siyosiy qarashlarini shakllantirdi. U o'limni har kuni Filippinda bo'lganida, dushmanlari va uning ittifoqchilari qo'lida va boshqa yahudiy askari Melvin Levini o'ldirgan kabi baxtsiz hodisalar tufayli ko'rgan. Levi vzvod uchun xurmo daraxti ostida dam olayotgan paytda ular uchun kulgili monologni etkazayotgan edi, yuqoridagi samolyotdan oziq-ovqat kassasi boshini uzib tashladi. Serling Levi uchun dafn marosimlarini olib bordi va a joylashtirdi Dovudning yulduzi qabri ustida.^[2]:45 Keyinchalik Serling Filippinda o'zining bir nechta stsenariylarini o'rnatdi va o'limning oldindan aytib bo'lmaydiganligini o'z yozuvlarining ko'p qismida mavzu sifatida ishlatdi.^[2]:46

Serling Leyte shahridagi muvaffaqiyatli topshiriqdan ikki jarohati bilan qaytdi, shu jumladan bittasi tizzasiga,^[2]:47 Ammo general uni jangdan saqlab qolmadi Duglas Makartur 1945 yil 3 fevralda parashyutchilarni odatdagi maqsadlari uchun joylashtirdi. Polkovnik Xaugen 511-parashyut piyoda polkini qo'nish paytida unga rahbarlik qildi. Tagaytay tizmasi, uchrashdi 188-chi planer piyoda polki yurishdi Manila. Vitse-admiral bo'lgan shaharga etib borguncha u minimal qarshilikka duch keldi Sanji Ivabuchi o'zining 17 ming askarini labirint va qurollar labirintasi ortiga joylashtirib, ularga o'limgacha kurashishni buyurgan edi.^[2]:47–49 Keyingi oy davomida Serlingning bo'linmasi blokni blokirovka qilish uchun jang qildi Manila.

Shaharning bir qismi Yaponiya nazorati ostidan olinganida, mahalliy fuqarolar ba'zan o'zlarining minnatdorliklarini ziyofatlar uyushtirib, ziyofatlar uyushtirishgan. Ushbu partiyalardan biri paytida Serling va uning o'rtoqlari o'qqa tutildi, natijada ko'plab askarlar va tinch fuqarolar o'ldi. Uch yildan keyin ham oddiy askar bo'lgan Serling, artilleriya o'q otishni boshlaganda sahnada bo'lgan ijrochini qutqarish uchun yong'in chizig'iga yugurib chiqqanida, serjant Lyuisning e'tiborini tortdi.^[2]:49

Ivabuchi qal'asida harakatlanayotganda, Serling polkida 50% qurbonlar bo'lgan, 400 dan ortiq odam halok bo'lgan. Serling yaralandi va uch nafar o'rtog'i zenitli qurol bilan vayron qilish guruhiga qarata o'q uzilib o'q uzildi.^[2]:50 U sog'ayish uchun Yangi Gvineyaga jo'natilgan, ammo tez orada Manilaga qaytib, "tozalash" ni yakunlagan.

Serlingning yakuniy topshirig'i bir qismi bo'lgan Yaponiyada ishg'ol kuchlari.^[2]:51 Harbiy xizmat paytida oddiy Serling mukofot bilan taqdirlandi Binafsha yurak, Bronza yulduzi,^[10] va Filippin ozodligi medali.^[4][11]

Serlingning jangovar tajribasi unga chuqur ta'sir ko'rsatdi va ko'pgina yozmalariga ta'sir qildi. Uni dahshatli tushlar bilan tark etdi va orqaga qaytish umrining oxirigacha.^[4] U: "Men xizmatdan chiqqach, hamma narsaga achchiq va erkin munosabatda bo'ldim. O'ylaymanki, uni ko'kragimdan olish uchun yozishga murojaat qildim."^[3]

Mukofotlar

Piyodalarga qarshi kurash nishoni
Bronza yulduz medali						Binafsha yurak
Armiya yaxshi xulq-atvori medali				Amerika kampaniyasi medali				Osiyo-Tinch okeani kampaniyasi medali
Ikkinchi jahon urushidagi g'alaba medali				"Ishg'ol armiyasi" medali				Filippin ozodligi medali
Parashyutchi nishoni						Planer nishoni

Urushdan keyingi hayot, ta'lim va oila

1946 yilda armiyadan bo'shatilgandan so'ng, Serling jarohatlaridan tiklanayotganda reabilitatsiya kasalxonasida ishlagan. Uning tizzasi uni yillar davomida bezovta qildi. Keyinchalik, uning rafiqasi Kerol og'irligi ostida tizzasi qisilib turganda, uning zinadan yiqilib tushayotgan ovoziga odatlanib qolgan.^[6]

U etarlicha mos bo'lganida, u federalni ishlatgan G.I. qonun loyihasining ta'lim uchun foydalari^[8] va nogironlik bo'yicha to'lovlar^[6] da jismoniy tarbiya dasturiga yozilish Antioxiya kolleji yilda Sariq Springs, Ogayo shtati. U Antioxiyaga qabul qilingan edi (ukasining ukasi) olma mater) o'rta maktabda o'qiyotganda.^[2]:53 Qiziqishlari uni teatr bo'limiga, so'ngra eshittirishga olib bordi.^[6] U asosiy yo'nalishini Adabiyotga o'zgartirdi va o'z kasbiga ega bo'ldi San'at bakalavri 1950 yilda ilmiy daraja.^[3] "Men bir-birimni aralashtirib, bezovta edim va ularning bir yillik, bir yillik maktabga boradigan ishlari menga juda yoqdi", deb esladi u.^[2]:53

Serling rafiqasi Kerol va qizlari bilan 1959 yilda

O'qish doirasida Serling talabalar shaharchasidagi radiostansiyada faollashdi va bu tajriba kelajakdagi karerasida foydali bo'ldi. U o'z ishini o'rganish doirasida talabalar shaharchasida, keyin shtat atrofida ko'plab radio dasturlarini yozgan, boshqargan va ishlagan.^[12] Bu erda u uchrashdi Kerolin Luiza "Kerol" Kramer,^[13] keyinchalik uning rafiqasi bo'lgan hamkasbimiz. Dastlab, u "xonimlar erkaklari" deb nomlangan kampus obro'si tufayli u bilan uchrashishdan bosh tortdi, ammo oxir-oqibat u o'z fikrini o'zgartirdi.^[3] U qo'shildi Unitar kollejdagi cherkov,^[4] bu unga 1948 yil 31-iyulda Kramer bilan turmush qurishga imkon berdi.^[3] Ularning Jodi va Enn ismli ikki qizi bor edi.^[3][14]

Kerol Serlingning onasi buvisi, Luiza Taft Orton Kolduell,^[2]:60 yozgi uyi bor edi Kayuga ko'li Interlaken shahrida (Nyu-York), bu yangi turmush qurganlarning asal oyi bo'lgan. Serlinglar oilasi Rodning hayoti davomida har yili bu uydan foydalanishda davom etib, qizlari tug'ilgan yillarda faqat ikki yozni o'tkazib yuborgan.^[6]

Kollej yillarida qo'shimcha pul evaziga Serling parashutlarni yarim kunlik sinovdan o'tkazdi Amerika Qo'shma Shtatlari armiyasining havo kuchlari. Uning radiostansiyasidagi hamkasblarining so'zlariga ko'ra, u har bir muvaffaqiyatli sakrash uchun 50 dollar olgan va bir marta xavfli sinov uchun 500 dollar (agar u omon qolgan bo'lsa, yarmi oldin va yarim) olgan.^[2]:58 Uning so'nggi sinovdan sakrashi to'yidan bir necha hafta oldin bo'lgan. Bir misolda, u avvalgi uchta sinovchini o'ldirgan reaktiv uchirish joyini sinovdan o'tkazgani uchun 1000 dollar ishlab topdi.^[15][2]:61

Karyera

Radio

Serling ixtiyoriy ravishda WNYC 1946 yil yozida Nyu-Yorkda aktyor va yozuvchi sifatida.^[5] Keyingi yil u ushbu stantsiyada Antioxiya ishini o'rganish dasturida pullik stajyor sifatida ishlagan.^[2]:57 Keyin u Nyu-York va Ogayo shtatlaridagi boshqa radiostansiyalarda g'alati ishlarni boshladi.^[16] "Men" vaqt "ni o'rgandim, bir necha soniya bilan o'lchanadigan vositaga yozdim", dedi Serling keyinchalik o'zining dastlabki tajribalari haqida.^[5]

Kollejda o'qiyotgan paytida Serling Antioch Broadcasting System radio ustaxonasida ishlagan va bir necha yil ichida stantsiyani boshqargan. Keyinchalik u Antioxiyadagi WJEM-da, Springfildda efirga uzatilgan to'liq hajmli radioto'lqinlarni o'z zimmasiga oldi. U dasturlarni yozgan va boshqargan va kerak bo'lganda ularda ishlagan. U 1948-1949 o'quv yili uchun barcha mahsulotlarni yaratdi. Birgina istisno (moslashtirish) bilan o'sha yili yozilgan barcha yozuvlar uning asl asari edi.^[5]

Kollejda o'qiyotgan paytida Serling yozuvchi sifatida birinchi maqtovga sazovor bo'ldi. Radio dasturi, Doktor Kristian, sakkiz yil oldin yillik ssenariylar tanlovini boshlagan edi. Yiliga minglab ssenariylar yuborilgan, ammo juda oz sonini yaratish mumkin edi.^[5] Serling Nyu-York shahriga sayohat va "Orzu qilish uchun yashash" radio ssenariysi uchun 500 dollar yutib oldi.^[17] U va uning yangi rafiqasi Kerol 1949 yil 18 mayda efirga uzatilgan mukofotlarga tashrif buyurishdi, u erda u va boshqa g'oliblar yulduz yulduzi bilan suhbatlashdilar. Doktor Kristian, Jan Xersholt. O'sha kuni boshqa g'oliblardan biri bo'ldi Erl Xamner, kichik, o'tgan yillarda ham sovrinlarni qo'lga kiritgan. Keyinchalik, Hamner Serlingning ssenariylarini yozdi Alacakaranlık zonasi.^[5]

Kollej radiostantsiyasida haftasiga 45-50 dollar maosh olish bilan bir qatorda, Serling radio dasturlarining erkin stsenariylarini sotish bilan tirikchilik qilishga harakat qildi, ammo o'sha paytdagi sanoat ko'plab sud jarayonlarida qatnashdi, bu esa yangi yozuvchilarni olishga tayyor bo'lishiga ta'sir qildi (ba'zilari ularning ssenariylari rad etilgan bo'lsa, shunga o'xshash fitnani tez-tez eshitib, ularning ishi o'g'irlanganligini da'vo qilishadi va kompensatsiya uchun sudga murojaat qilishadi).^[5] Serling "og'ir raqobat", "ushbu stsenariyda professional sifat yo'q" va "tomoshabinlarimiz tinglashni afzal ko'radigan narsa emas" kabi sabablarga ko'ra rad etildi.^[5]

1949 yilning kuzida Martin Xorrell Grand Central Station (romanslar va yengil dramalar bilan mashhur bo'lgan radio dastur) Serlingning boks haqidagi ssenariylaridan birini rad etdi, chunki uning asosan ayol tinglovchilari "bizga sovrinli janglar haqidagi hikoyalar eng yoqadigan narsa emasligini noaniq so'zlar bilan aytishdi". Xorrell "ssenariyni faqat ovozga qaraganda ko'ra yaxshiroq ko'rish mumkin edi, chunki har qanday radio taqdimotida janjallar ko'rinmaydi. Ehtimol, bu siz go'dakligingiz uchun ba'zi televizion ko'rsatuvlarning prodyuserlarini sinab ko'rishingiz kerak" deb maslahat berdi.^[5]

Boks haqidagi voqeani anglash to'g'ri emas edi Grand Central Station, Serling deb nomlangan engilroq buyumni taqdim etdi Ekspresdan sakrab o'ting va mahalliyni oling1949 yil 10-sentabrda uning birinchi milliy translyatsiyasi bo'ldi.^[5] Uning Doktor Kristian ssenariysi o'sha yilning 30 noyabrida efirga uzatilgan.

Serling o'zining yozuvchilik faoliyatini 1950 yilda boshlagan, u tarmoq sifatida haftasiga 75 dollar ishlab topgan davomiylik yozuvchisi uchun WLW radio kirish Sinsinnati (Ogayo shtati).^[5][6] WLW-da u freelance-ni davom ettirdi. U WLW-ning bosh kompaniyasiga bir nechta radio va televizion skriptlarni sotdi, Crosley Broadcasting Corporation. Ssenariylarni sotgandan so'ng, Serling ular bilan boshqa aloqasi yo'q edi. Ular tomonidan sotilgan Krosli Qo'shma Shtatlar bo'ylab mahalliy stantsiyalarga.^[5]

Serling haftalik radioeshittirish uchun g'oyani taqdim etdi, unda Ikkinchi jahon urushida o'ldirilgan yosh yigit va qizning arvohlari mamlakat bo'ylab harakatlanayotganda poezd oynalaridan qarab, odamlarning kundalik hayotini sharhlab berishadi. Ushbu g'oya sezilarli darajada o'zgartirildi, ammo 1950 yil oktyabrdan 1951 yil fevralgacha ishlab chiqarilgan Adventure Express, amakisi bilan poezdda sayohat qilgan qiz va bola haqida drama. Har hafta ular yangi shaharchada sarguzasht topdilar va mahalliy aholi bilan aloqada bo'lishdi.^[5]

Serling ssenariy yozgan boshqa radio dasturlarga kiradi Ketiga qoldiring, Bizning Amerikava Taqdir quruvchilari. Ularni ishlab chiqarish paytida u ovozli aktyor Jey Overholts bilan tanishdi, keyinchalik u doimiy ravishda ishtirok etdi Alacakaranlık zonasi.^[5]

Serling radioda yozuvchi sifatida ishlagan vaqti haqida shunday dedi:

Yozish nuqtai nazaridan, radio kelajakdagi freelancing sanasida bir necha hafta davomida stolga ovqat qo'yishi mumkin bo'lgan g'oyalarni yutdi. O'zingizni radio yoki telekanalga bog'lab qo'ygan daqiqada siz tunu kun yozasiz. Siz g'oyalarni yirtib tashlaysiz, ularning aksariyati o'rnini bosa olmaydi. Ular davom etadilar va natijada boshqa hech qachon davom eta olmaydi. Va siz ularni haftasiga 50 dollarga sotdingiz. Siz g'oyalarni berishga qodir emassiz - ularga erishish juda la'natlidir. Agar buni bajarishim kerak bo'lsa, men umuman xodimlar yozmas edim. Yozuvchilik faoliyatini boshlashda o'zimni qo'llab-quvvatlashning boshqa usullarini topardim.^[5]

Serling, radio o'z imkoniyatlarini oqlamayapti, deb ishondi, keyinroq "Radio ... dramaturgiya nuqtai nazaridan o'z qabrini qazdi. U pastga yo'naltirilgan, arzon va aql bovar qilmaydigan bo'lib qoldi va istak bilan ikkinchi darajaga ko'tarildi" deb aytdi.^[2]:69 U o'zining adabiy hissalari bilan yodda qoladigan radio yozuvchilar juda kamligini aytdi.^[2]:69

Televizor

Rod Serling, 1959 yil

Serling yozuvchisi sifatida radiodan televizorga o'tdi WKRC-TV yilda Sinsinnati. Uning vazifalariga yozish kiradi guvohlik shubhali tibbiy vositalar uchun reklama va komediya duetining ssenariylari.^[3] U bitiruvdan keyin WKRCda davom etdi va asosan kundalik ishi orasida, shuningdek, jonli televizion dastur uchun bir qator ssenariylarni yaratdi, Bo'ron, shuningdek boshqa antologiya dramalari uchun (Nyu-Yorkda joylashgan tarmoqlar talab qiladigan format).^[4] To'liq kunlik mashg'ulotlardan so'ng (yoki keyingi yillarda ish) u kechqurunlarni yozish bilan o'zi o'tkazdi. U dastlabki yillarda nashriyotlarga qo'lyozmalar yubordi va qirq rad etish varaqalarini oldi.^[3]

1950 yilda Serling Blansh Geynsni agent sifatida yolladi. Uning radio stsenariylari ko'proq rad etilgan, shuning uchun ularni televizor uchun qayta yozishni boshladi. Qachonki bitta ssenariy bir dastur tomonidan rad etilsa, u boshqasiga uni qayta topshirar va oxir-oqibat radio yoki televidenieda ko'pchilik uchun uy topar edi.^[5]

Serlingning kollej yillari tugashi bilan uning ssenariylari sotila boshladi. U televizor uchun yozishni davom ettirdi ^[8] va oxir-oqibat WKRCni tark etib, to'la vaqtli mustaqil yozuvchi bo'ldi. U shunday deb esladi: "Yozuvchilik talabchan kasb va xudbinlik kasbidir. Va u xudbin va talabchan bo'lgani uchun, majburiy va talabchan bo'lgani uchun men uni qabul qilmadim. Men unga berilib ketdim".^[3]

Uning rafiqasi Serlingning so'zlariga ko'ra "1952 yilning qishida, birinchi qizimiz Jodi tug'ilishidan olti oy oldin - bir kun kelib, o'rnidan turib, ishdan bo'shatdi. Garchi u bir necha marotaba fransans bilan shug'ullangan va boshqa Sinsinnati stantsiyasida haftalik dramatik tomoshada ishlagan bo'lsa ham. "^[6] U va uning oilasi ko'chib ketishdi Konnektikut 1953 yil boshida. Bu erda u o'sha paytda keng tarqalgan jonli dramatik antologiyalar uchun yozish orqali tirikchilik qildi, shu jumladan Kraft televizion teatri, Sarguzashtlar bilan uchrashuv va Hallmark Shon-sharaf zali.^[3] 1954 yil oxiriga kelib, uning agenti uni "harakat bo'lgan joyda" Nyu-Yorkka ko'chib o'tishi kerakligiga ishontirdi.^[6]

Yozuvchi Mark Skott Zikri, o'z kitobini tadqiq qilish uchun ko'p yillar sarflagan Alacakaranlık zonasi sherigi "Qayd etilishicha," ba'zida vaziyatlar klişelangan, belgilar ikki o'lchovli bo'lgan, ammo har doim hech bo'lmaganda hissiy haqiqatni qidirish, ba'zilari inson holati to'g'risida bayonot berishga urinish bo'lgan ".^[3]

Shuhrat qozonish

1955 yilda butun mamlakat bo'ylab Kraft televizion teatri Serlingning yetmish ikkinchi ssenariysi asosida teledastur namoyish etdi. Serling uchun bu navbatdagi ssenariy edi va u birinchi jonli efirni o'tkazib yubordi. U va uning rafiqasi tunash uchun enagani yollab, unga: "Biz shaharga yangi kelganimiz uchun hech kim qo'ng'iroq qilmaydi. Va telefon endi jiringlay boshladi va yillar davomida to'xtamadi!"^[6] Ushbu qism sarlavhasi "Naqshlar "va bu tez orada uning hayotini o'zgartirdi.

Ed Begli, Everett Sloane va Richard Kiley yilda Naqshlar (1955)

"Patterns" g'oyalari va kuchi tugagan faxriysi bo'lgan korporativ boshliq va uning o'rnini egallashga tayyorlanayotgan yorqin, yosh ijrochi o'rtasidagi kuch kurashini dramatik tarzda namoyish etdi. Sadoqatli xodimni ishdan bo'shatish va o'z obro'siga putur etkazish xavfi o'rniga, xo'jayin uni raqobatini chetga surish kampaniyasiga jalb qiladi.^[18] Serling asosiy modelni yaratdi^{[tushuntirish kerak ]} uning sobiq qo'mondoni, polkovnik Orin Xugendagi belgi.^[2]:37

The New York Times tanqidchi Jek Guld shouni "televidenie evolyutsiyasining eng yuqori nuqtalaridan biri" deb atadi va shunday dedi: "[f] yoki hikoyaning katta kuchi, xarakteristikaning kuchliligi va yorqin kulminatsiya, janob Serlingning ijodi - bu g'alaba."^[18] Robert Lyuis Shayon da ko'rsatilgan Shanba sharhi, "Men televizor tomosha qilgan yillarimda dramaga shunchalik qo'shilganimni yoki bir soatlik o'yin-kulgining dahshatli xulosalariga qarshi turishga undayotganimni eslamayman."^[3] Ushbu epizod tomoshabinlar orasida ham hit bo'ldi va bir oy o'tgach, xalq talabiga binoan ikkinchi jonli shou namoyish etildi.^[19] Ikki shou o'rtasidagi vaqt davomida Kraft rahbarlari Gollivuddan kelgan odamlar bilan "Naqshlar" ga bo'lgan huquqlar to'g'risida muzokaralar olib borishdi. Kraftning ta'kidlashicha, ular "Patterns" dasturini qayta translyatsiya qilishni o'ylashmoqda, agar pley yoki kinofilm huquqlari avval sotilmasa.^[20]

"Patterns" ning dastlabki translyatsiyasidan so'ng darhol Serling doimiy ish joylari, tabriklar va romanlar, spektakllar va televizion yoki radio stsenariylarga bo'lgan takliflar bilan to'ldirildi.^[19] U o'zining ilgari, sifatsiz bo'lgan ko'plab asarlarini tezda sotib yubordi va ularning nashr etilishini bezovta qilib tomosha qildi. Tanqidchilar uning va'dasini bajarmayotganidan xavotir bildirishdi va u "Naqshlar" ko'rsatgan yozuv sifatini tiklashga qodir ekanligiga shubha qila boshladilar.^[3]

Keyin Serling yozdi "Og'ir vazn uchun rekviyem "teleseriali uchun 90-uy 1956 yilda yana tanqidchilarning maqtoviga sazovor bo'ldi.^[21]

1957 yilning kuzida Serling oilasi Kaliforniyaga ko'chib o'tdi. Televizor yangi bo'lganida, ko'rsatuvlar jonli efirda namoyish etilardi, ammo studiyalar o'z ko'rsatuvlarini lentaga tushirishni boshlaganlarida, biznes Sharqiy sohildan G'arbiy sohilga ko'chib o'tdi.^[6] Serlinglar umrining ko'p qismida Kaliforniyada yashaydilar, lekin ular Bingemton va Kayayga ko'lidagi mulklarini yolg'iz vaqt kerak bo'lganda chekinish sifatida saqlab qolishdi.^[6]

Korporativ tsenzurasi

Televizionning dastlabki yillari ko'pincha ko'rgan homiylar muharrir va tsenzuralar sifatida ishlash. Serling ko'pincha o'z stsenariylarini korporativ homiylar o'qib chiqib, juda ziddiyatli deb hisoblagan narsani topgandan keyin o'zgartirishga majbur bo'lgan. Ular iste'molchilarga yomon ko'rinishga olib kelishi mumkin deb o'ylagan har qanday narsadan ehtiyot bo'lishdi, shuning uchun ko'plab zamonaviy ijtimoiy mavzularga, shuningdek homiy bilan tijorat maqsadlarida raqobatlashishi mumkin bo'lgan narsalarga havolalar qoldirildi. Masalan, "Match match?" Qatori o'chirildi, chunki "Og'ir vazn uchun Rekviyem" homiylaridan biri edi Ronson zajigalka.^[3]

1959 yilda uyda serling, uning uchta "Emmi" si kabinetda

Uning teleplayining dastlabki hikoyasi Qiyomat kuni peshin (1956 yil 25 aprelda efirga uzatilgan) AQShning janubida yahudiy garov garovchisini linchalash to'g'risida boshlangan. Biroq, Serling radio intervyusida qotillikni keltirib chiqargan voqealar va irqchilikdan ilhomlanganligini aytib o'tganida Emmett, reklama beruvchilar va televidenie tarmog'ining tsenzurasi sezilarli o'zgarishlarga olib keldi. Ko'rsatilgan dastur Yangi Angliyada tashkil etilgan va noma'lum chet el fuqarosining o'ldirilishiga tegishli.^[22] Keyinchalik u yozishda Till voqealariga qaytdi Shahar changga aylandi "Playhouse 90" uchun, lekin uni o'tmishda bir asrni belgilab, CBS TV tomonidan ishlab chiqarilishidan oldin irqlararo dinamikani olib tashlash kerak edi.^[22]

Gould, The New York Times sharhlovchi, buni qo'shdi tahririyat uchun porlab ko'rib chiqish oxirida eslatma Shahar changga aylandi, kichkintoyda irqchilik va mutaassiblik haqida ko'rsatuv Janubi-g'arbiy shahar: "" Playhouse 90 "va janob Serling kecha efirga chiqishidan oldin ijro etuvchi aralashuvga qarshi kurashishga majbur bo'lishdi. Gollivud teatr ahli tomoshabinlar nomidan o'zlarining mavqei bilan faxrlanishlari kerak."^[23]

Uning ssenariylaridan siyosiy bayonotlar va etnik o'ziga xosliklardan mahrum bo'lganini ko'rib (va "havola" ga ega) Chrysler binosi Ford tomonidan homiylik qilingan stsenariydan olib tashlangan), Serling bunday badiiy aralashuvdan qochishning yagona yo'li o'z shousini yaratish edi. Bilan intervyuda Mayk Uolles, u shunday dedi: "Men endi jang qilishni xohlamayman. Men homiylar va agentliklarga qarshi kurashishni xohlamayman. Men o'zim xohlagan narsaga intilishim va ikkinchi darajaga erishishim kerak emas. Men har doim murosaga kelishni istamang, mohiyatan televizion yozuvchi ziddiyatli mavzularni qo'yishni xohlasa shunday qiladi ".^[3]

Serling "Vaqt elementi" filmini CBS-ga taqdim etdi va uni haftalik yangi shousi uchun uchuvchi bo'lish niyatida, Alacakaranlık zonasi. Buning o'rniga, CBS tomonidan ishlab chiqarilgan yangi shou uchun ilmiy fantastika ssenariysi ishlatilgan Desi Arnaz va Lyussil to'pi, Westinghouse Desilu o'yin uyi, 1958 yilda. Bu voqea dahshatli tushlarni ko'rgan odamga tegishli Perl-Harborga hujum. Erkak psixiatrga boradi va mashg'ulotdan so'ng burilish tugashi (Serling taniqli bo'lgan qurilma) "bemor" ning Perl-Harborda vafot etganligini va psixiatr aslida jonli orzularni ko'rgan kishi edi.^[3] Ushbu epizod shunchalik ijobiy muxlislarning javobini oldiki, CBS Serlingni uchuvchisi bilan birga yurishiga ruxsat berdi Alacakaranlık zonasi.^[3]

Bo'ron

Oldin Alacakaranlık zonasi, Serling WKRC-TV-da Sincinnatida mahalliy televizion shou yaratdi, Bo'ron, 1950 yillarning boshlarida. Ushbu stsenariylarning bir nechtasi keyinchalik milliy televidenieda foydalanish uchun qayta yozilgan.^[24] Epizodning nusxasi Sincinnati muzeyi markazidagi tarixiy Sincinnati kutubxonasida videotasvirda joylashgan.^[25]

Alacakaranlık zonasi

Diktant mashinasi bilan stsenariy ustida ishlash serling, 1959 y

1959 yil 2 oktyabrda klassik Alacakaranlık zonasi Serling tomonidan yaratilgan seriyaning premyerasi bo'lib o'tdi CBS.^[4]

Ushbu seriya uchun Serling ijodiy nazoratni qo'lga kiritish va saqlab qolish uchun qattiq kurashdi. U hurmat qilgan ssenariy mualliflarini yollagan, masalan Richard Matheson va Charlz Bomont. Intervyusida Serling shouning ilmiy fantastik formati ziddiyatli bo'lmaydi, dedi^[26] homiylar, tarmoq ma'murlari yoki keng jamoatchilik bilan va tsenzuradan qochib qutulishi mumkin edi 90-uy.

Serling ko'plab epizodlarda, ko'pincha boks, harbiy hayot va samolyot uchuvchilari haqida o'z tajribasidan foydalangan. Alacakaranlık zonasi irqiy munosabatlarga oid ijtimoiy qarashlarini o'zida mujassam etgan, shoularning ilmiy fantastika va xayoliy unsurlarida biroz pardalangan. Ba'zan, bu narsa epizoddagi kabi ochiq-oydin edi "Men Kechaman - Meni Qora rangga bo'yang ", unda irqchilik va nafrat Amerika janubida qora bulut paydo bo'lishiga va butun dunyoga tarqalishiga olib keladi. Ko'pchilik Alacakaranlık zonasi hikoyalarda uning tezkor fikrlaydigan, chidamli ayollar, shuningdek, hiyla-nayrang va eskirgan xotinlar ishtirokidagi gender rollari haqidagi qarashlari aks etgan.

Alacakaranlık zonasi besh fasl davomida efirga uzatildi (birinchi uchtasi yarim soatlik epizodlarni taqdim etdi, to'rtinchisi bir soatlik qismlarga ega edi, beshinchisi yarim soatlik formatga qaytdi). Bu ko'plab televizion va drama mukofotlarini qo'lga kiritdi va Serling va uning hamkasblari uchun tanqidlarga sazovor bo'ldi. Uning sodiq muxlislari bo'lsa ham, Alacakaranlık zonasi faqat o'rtacha reytingga ega edi va ikki marta bekor qilindi va qayta tiklandi. Besh yildan keyin va 156 qism (Serling tomonidan yozilgan 92), u seriyadan charchagan. 1964 yilda u uchinchi va oxirgi bekor qilinishiga qarshi chiqmaslikka qaror qildi.

Serling huquqlarini sotdi Alacakaranlık zonasi CBS-ga. Keyinchalik uning rafiqasi buni qisman qilganini aytdi, chunki u o'zining Cayuga Productions ishlab chiqarish kompaniyasi tez-tez byudjetdan oshib ketadigan dasturlarning ishlab chiqarish xarajatlarini hech qachon qoplamaydi deb ishongan.

Alacakaranlık zonasi oxir-oqibat 1983 yilgi film shaklida qayta tiklandi Warner Bros. Avvalgi Alacakaranlık zonasi aktyor Burgess Meredit filmning muallifi sifatida suratga olingan, ammo ekranda ko'rinmaydi. Asosan yangi ssenariylar bilan teleseriallarni jonlantirishga uchta urinish bo'lgan. 1985 yilda CBS ishlatilgan Charlz Aidman (va keyinroq) Robin Uord ) rivoyatchi sifatida. 2002 yilda, UPN taniqli Forest Whitaker hikoya qiluvchi rolida.^[27] 2019 yilda CBS a uchinchi urinish muvaffaqiyatli tiklanishda, bilan Jordan Peele vazifalarni ishlab chiqarish, shuningdek mezbon va rivoyatchi bo'lish.^[28]

Boshqa Rojdestvo uchun Kerol

Boshqa Rojdestvo uchun Kerol modernizatsiya sifatida Rod Serling tomonidan ssenariy qilingan 1964 yilgi Amerika televizion filmi edi Charlz Dikkens ' Rojdestvo Kerol va xalqlar o'rtasidagi global hamkorlik uchun iltimosnoma. Bu faqat bir marta, 1964 yil 28 dekabrda efirga uzatilgan.^[29] Yagona televizion film Jozef L. Mankievich, bu film bo'lgan Piter sotuvchilari turmush qurishi munosabati bilan o'limga yaqin bo'lgan yurak xurujlaridan so'ng birinchi chiqishini berdi Britt Ekland. Sotuvchilar qiyomatdagi Rojdestvo bayramida demagogni tasvirlashdi. Sterling Xeyden Sellers bilan birgalikda rol o'ynagan Doktor Strangelove o'sha yilning boshida ham namoyish etilgan. Aktyorlar tarkibiga kiritilgan Persi Rodrigez, Eva Mari Sent, Ben Gazzara, Barbara Ann Teer, Jeyms Shigeta va Britt Ekland. Genri Manchini 1966 yilgi LP ta'tiliga yozilgan musiqiy musiqani yozdi, Manchini bilan muborak Rojdestvo. Film tijoratda mavjud emas, lekin uni ko'rish mumkin Paley ommaviy axborot vositalari markazi Nyu-York va Los-Anjelesda va Film va Televizion Arxivda Kaliforniya universiteti, Los-Anjeles.

Tyorner klassik filmlari teletranslyatsiya Boshqa Rojdestvo uchun Kerol 48 yil ichida birinchi marta, 2012 yil 16 va 22 dekabr kunlari.^[30] TCM uni 2013 yil 19 va 20 dekabr kunlari yana efirga uzatdi.

Tungi galereya

1969 yilda, NBC efirga uzatilgan a televizion film uchuvchisi yangi seriya uchun, Tungi galereya, Serling tomonidan yozilgan. Bir necha soatdan keyin xira yoritilgan muzeyda joylashgan uchuvchi filmda Serling (kameradagi xost sifatida) kuratorning rolini namoyish etdi, u uchta ertak bilan tanishtirdi macabre, keyingi hikoyalar segmentlarida paydo bo'ladigan tuvallarni ochish. Uning qisqa birinchi mavsumi (atigi oltita epizoddan iborat) bir vaqtning o'zida yana uchta ko'rsatuv bilan almashtirildi; bu g'ildirak namoyishi huquqiga ega edi To'rtta bitta. Serial odatda ko'proq e'tibor qaratdi dahshat va shubha dan Alacakaranlık zonasi qildi. Ishlab chiqaruvchining talabiga binoan Jek Laird, Tungi galereya shuningdek qisqa komediya qo'shishni boshladi "qorayish" eskizlari davomida ikkinchi mavsum, Serling buni juda yomon ko'rdi.^[31] Uning so'zlariga ko'ra, "Men ular [qorong'i chizmalar] biz qilmoqchi bo'lgan narsaning ipini buzib tashlagan deb o'ylardim Tungi galereya. Menimcha, kimdir ko'rsata olmaydi Edgar Allan Po va keyin qaytib keling Flip Uilson 34 soniya davomida. Menimcha, ular mos emas. "^[32]

Endi rahbar lavozim yukini istamay, Serling tarkibni ijodiy nazoratini saqlab qolish taklifini chetlab o'tdi va bu qaroridan pushaymon bo'ldi.^[31] Jek Lairdning ba'zi ssenariylari va ijodiy tanlovlaridan norozi bo'lishiga qaramay, Serling o'z ishini topshirishda davom etdi va oxir-oqibat serial ssenariylarining uchdan bir qismiga yozdi. Uchinchi mavsumga kelib, uning ko'pgina hissalari rad etildi yoki jiddiy ravishda o'zgartirildi.^{[iqtibos kerak ]} Tungi galereya 1973 yilda bekor qilingan. Keyinchalik NBC qisqa muddatli epizodlarni birlashtirdi g'ayritabiiy seriyali Oltinchi tuyg'u bilan Tungi galereya, sindikatlashda mavjud bo'lgan epizodlar sonini ko'paytirish maqsadida. Xabar qilinishicha, Serlingga ushbu qayta paketlangan epizodlar uchun taqdimotlarni suratga olish uchun 100 ming dollar to'langan.^[33][34]

Boshqa televizorlar

Serling va Jodi Foster, "Bubble, Bubble, Mehnat va qotillik", Ironside, (1972)

Keyin Alacakaranlık zonasi bekor qilindi, Serling g'arbning muvaffaqiyatsiz teleserialini yozdi Yolg'iz, 1965 yilning kuzidan 1966 yil apreligacha davom etdi. CBS Serlingdan ko'proq harakat va kam belgilar bilan o'zaro aloqada bo'lishini so'radi. Ko'rsatuv yomon baholangan va past baho olgan bo'lsa ham, u talablarni bajarishdan bosh tortdi.^[4]

Avvalgi ishidan uslubiy ravishda chiqib ketganda, Serling qisqacha o'yin shousining birinchi versiyasini o'tkazdi Yolg'onchilar klubi 1969 yilda.^[35]

1970-yillarda Serling televizion reklama roliklarida paydo bo'ldi Ford, Radio Shack, Ziebart^[36] va yapon avtomobilsozligi Mazda, vaqt davomida ular AQSh bozorida ishlab chiqarilgan transport vositalarini reklama qilishgan aylanadigan dvigatel. Bundan tashqari, u vaqti-vaqti bilan kichik aktyorlik tomoshalarida qatnashgan, barchasi yozmagan. Serling ozmi-ko'pmi o'zining versiyasi sifatida paydo bo'ldi (lekin "janob Zone" deb nomlangan) komediya asosida Jek Benni dasturi; u 1962 yilda qisqa muddatli sitcomning epizodida paydo bo'ladi Ichabod va men Eugene Hollinfield rolida; va jinoyat dramasining 1972 yildagi epizodida Ironside "Bubble, Bubble, Mehnat va qotillik" deb nomlangan (unda yosh bola ham tasvirlangan Jodi Foster ), unda u sehrli sehrgar do'konining egasi sifatida kichik rol o'ynaydi.

Boshqa radio

Nol soati

Serling karerasining oxirida radioga qaytdi Nol soati (shuningdek, nomi bilan tanilgan Gollivud radio teatri1973 yilda. Drama antologiyasi seriyasida ikki fasl davomida stereo efirda namoyish etilayotgan sir, sarguzasht va syujet ertaklari namoyish etildi. Serling dasturni olib bordi va skriptlarning bir qismini yozdi.

Dastlab 1973 yil 3 sentyabrda sindikatsiyaga joylashtirilgan O'zaro eshittirish tizimi o'sha yilning dekabrida. Dastlabki formatda dushanbadan jumagacha namoyish etilgan besh qismli dramalar namoyish etildi, voqea juma kuni yakuniga etdi. Reklamalarni ham o'z ichiga olgan holda, har bir qism taxminan 30 daqiqani tashkil etdi. O'zaro sheriklar seriyani xohlagan vaqt oralig'ida translyatsiya qilishlari mumkin edi.

1974 yilda, hanuzgacha haftaning besh kuni efirga uzatilayotganda, ushbu dastur butun beshta dasturda hafta davomida ishtirok etgan bir xil aktyor ishtirokidagi bitta 30 daqiqalik qismda to'liq hikoyaga aylandi. Ushbu format 1974 yil aprel oyining oxiridan 1974 yil 26 iyulda seriyaning oxirigacha amal qildi.

Fantaziya parki

Serling o'limidan bir necha hafta oldin yozib olgan so'nggi radioeshittirishlari yanada g'ayrioddiy edi: Fantaziya parki 48 soat davom etgan rok-kontsert bo'lib, 200 dan ortiq stantsiyalar tomonidan namoyish etildi Mexnat kuni 1975 yilda dam olish kunlari.^[37] Tomonidan ishlab chiqarilgan dastur KNUS yilda Dallas, kunning o'nlab rok yulduzlarining chiqishlarini namoyish etdi va hatto birlashtirdi Bitlz. Bu ham to'liq edi xayoliy, "70-yillardagi aql-idrok teatri", prodyuser sifatida Beau Weaver jonli ravishda konsertda yozib olingan yozuvlar albomlaridan, shuningdek, olomon shovqinidan va boshqa ovoz effektlaridan foydalangan holda. (Maxsus efirga uzatilgan stantsiyalar mavjud bo'lmagan kontsertga qanday borishni bilishni talab qilgan qo'ng'iroqchilar tomonidan suv ostida qolgani xabar qilingan.) KNUS bosh menejeri Bart MakLendon Serlingni (uning eski o'qituvchisi) xost segmentlari, bamperlar, maxsus reklama aktsiyalari va televizion joylarni yozib olish uchun jalb qilgan.

Serling har soatda efirga uzatiladigan rad javoblarini yozgan: "Salom, bu Rod Serling va xush kelibsiz Fantaziya parki- bu erda bugun olomon juda haqiqiy emas. "" Bu shunday Fantaziya parki- eng katta jonli konsert -hech qachon o'tkazildi. "

O'qitish

Serling jadvalini to'liq ushlab turdi. U yozmagan, targ'ib qilmagan yoki o'z asarini ishlab chiqarmaganida, u tez-tez mamlakat bo'ylab kollejlar shaharchalarida nutq so'zlagan.^[6] U bir haftalik seminarlarda dars berdi, unda talabalar filmlarni tomosha qilishadi va tanqid qilishadi. 1960-yillardagi siyosiy muhitda u kechki darslarida katta yoshdagi talabalar bilan tez-tez mustahkam aloqani sezgan.^[6] Serlingning o'rta maktab o'quvchilari yozuvchiligini tanqid qilishi yozuvchi uchun muhim voqea bo'ldi J. Maykl Straczinskiy.^[38]

To'rtinchi mavsumda Alacakaranlık zonasi, Serling charchagan va yozma ishlarning ko'p qismini ishonchli ssenariy mualliflariga topshirgan, faqat etti epizod muallifi bo'lgan. Tanaffus qilishni va fikrini tozalamoqchi bo'lgan u, Ogayo shtatidagi Antiox kollejida yozuvchi sifatida bir yillik o'qituvchilik ishini oldi. U 1962-63 o'quv yilida yozma va dramaturgiya bo'yicha darslar va "ommaviy axborot vositalarining ijtimoiy va tarixiy oqibatlarini" o'z ichiga olgan so'rovnomada dars bergan.^[3][4] U bu vaqtni yangi stsenariy ustida ishlash bilan bir qatorda o'qitish uchun ham ishlatgan, May oyida etti kun.^[4]

Keyinchalik u dars berdi Ithaka kolleji, 1960 yillarning oxiridan 1975 yilda vafotigacha.^[3][39] U Kaliforniya shtatidagi Gollivuddagi Shervud Oaks tajriba kollejining birinchi mehmon o'qituvchilardan biri edi. U erda ma'ruzalarining audioyozuvlari ba'zilariga bonus funktsiyalari sifatida kiritilgan Alacakaranlık zonasi uydagi video nashrlar.

Mavzular

Uning rafiqasi Kerolning so'zlariga ko'ra, Serling ko'pincha "behayolik g'amxo'rlik qilish emas, his qilgan narsangiz bilan shug'ullanmaslik, his qilmaslikdir! Faqat orqaga chekinish va ichkariga kirish, narsisistik bo'lish" deb aytgan.^[6] Ushbu falsafani uning yozuvlarida ko'rish mumkin. Some themes appear again and again in his writing, many of which are concerned with war and politics. Another common theme is equality among all people.

Antiwar activism

Serling's experiences as a soldier left him with strong opinions about the use of military force. He was an outspoken antiwar activist, especially during the Vetnam urushi.^[4] He supported antiwar politicians, notably Evgeniy Makkarti uning ichida presidential campaign in 1968.^[4]

"The Rack" is an example of Serling's use of television to speak his mind on political issues. This script for Amerika Qo'shma Shtatlarining po'lat soati tells the story of an army captain charged with collaborating with the North Koreans. The New York Times reviewer J. P. Shanley called it "controversial and compelling".^[40] Serling tackled a question that was much in the media at the time: should veterans be charged with a crime if they cooperated with the enemy while under duress? In this courtroom drama the accused is put on trial for helping the enemy by urging fellow harbiy asirlar to cooperate with their captors. Serling offers many valid arguments on behalf of both the defense and the prosecution. Each has a strong case, but in the end, the captain is found guilty. There is no Serling narration to conclude the drama, as he had become famous for in Alacakaranlık zonasi—instead, the audience is left to make their own conclusions after the verdict has been rendered.^[40]

"No Christmas This Year" was a script written early in Serling's career, around 1950, but was never produced. It told of a place that no longer celebrated Christmas, although none of the residents know why it has been canceled. Meanwhile, at the North Pole, the audience sees Santa Claus dealing with striking elves. Rather than creating toys and candy, the North Pole manufactures a diversity of bombs and offensive gases. Santa has been shot at on his route, and an elf was hit by shrapnel.^[5]

"24 Men to a Plane" recounts Serling's first combat jump into the area around Manila in 1945. The combat jump became a fiasco after the jumpmaster in the first plane dropped his men too early, causing every subsequent plane to drop in synchronization with the mistake.^[2]:48

Irqiy tenglik

Shahar changga aylandi received a positive review from the critic Jek Guld, who was known for being straightforward to the point of being harsh in his reviews. U qo'ng'iroq qildi A Town Has Turned to Dust, "a raw, tough and at the same time deeply moving outcry against prejudice."^[23] Set in a Southwestern town in a deep qurg'oqchilik, it sees poverty and despair turn racial tensions deadly when the ineffectual sheriff is unable to stand against the town. A young Mexican boy is lynched, and the town as a whole is to blame. A second lynching is in the works after a series of events leads again to the town turning against the Mexicans. This time, the sheriff stands strong, and the first boy's brother is saved, even as the town is not. "Mr. Serling incorporated his protest against prejudice in vivid dialogue and sound situations. He made his point that hate for a fellow being leads only to the ultimate destruction of the bigoted."^[23]

Serling took his 1972 screenplay for the film, Erkak, dan Irving Uolles xuddi shu nomdagi roman. The black senator from Nyu-Xempshir va prezident pro tempore of the Senate, played by Jeyms Erl Jons, assumes the U.S. presidency by succession.

O'lim

A memorial in honor of Serling in his home town of Binghamton, New York

Serling was said to smoke three to four packs of cigarettes a day.^[41] On May 3, 1975, he had a minor yurak xuruji va kasalxonaga yotqizilgan. He spent two weeks at Tompkins County Community Hospital ozod qilinishidan oldin.^[2]:217 A second heart attack two weeks later forced doctors to agree that ochiq yurak jarrohligi, though considered risky at the time, was required.^[2]:218[42] The ten-hour-long procedure was performed on June 26, but Serling had a third heart attack on the operating table and died two days later at Kuchli Memorial kasalxonasi yilda Rochester, Nyu York.^[43] U 50 yoshda edi.^[39] His funeral and burial took place on July 2 at Lake View Cemetery, Interlaken, (Seneca County), New York.^[44]Yodgorlik bo'lib o'tdi Kornell universiteti "s Sage Chapel on July 7, 1975.^[39] Speakers at the Memorial included his daughter Anne and the Reverend John F. Hayward.^[2]:218 On January 9, 2020, Carolyn Louise “Carol” Kramer Serling died at age 90 and was buried next to her husband.^[45]

Meros

Televizor

Sem Jaffe va Jek Albertson in Serling's 1976 posthumous television special "The Sad and Lonely Sundays", an episode of the abandoned series Qasamyod

Serling began his career when television was a new medium. The first public viewing of an all-electronic television was presented by inventor Filo Farnsvort da Franklin instituti in Philadelphia on August 25, 1934, when Serling was nine years old. Commercial television officially started on July 1, 1941. At the time, there were fewer than seven thousand television sets in the United States, and very few of those were in private homes.^[46]:21 Only five months later, the U.S. entered World War II, and the television business was put on hold until the war's end,^[46]:22 as many of the sets were confiscated by the government and repurposed to train air-raid wardens.^[2]:57 After World War II ended, money began flowing toward the new medium of television, coinciding with the beginning of Serling's writing career. Early programming consisted of newsreels, sporting events and what would be called jamoat uchun mo'ljallangan televizor Bugun. It was not until 1948 that filmed dramas were first shown, beginning with a show called Davlat prokurori.^[46]:25 Serling began having serious dramas produced in 1950 and is given credit as one of the first to write scripts specifically for television. As such, he is said to have helped legitimize television drama.^[2]:28

Serling worried that television was on the verge of suffering the same decline as radio. He encouraged sponsors to see television as a platform for the kind of dramatic entertainment that could address important social matters through subtle meanings, instead of being "an animated billboard."^[47]

The format of writing for television was changing rapidly in the early years, but eventually, it settled into a pattern of commercial breaks on each quarter-hour. Writers were forced to work these breaks into their scripts. Serling's response to this convention was, "How can you put out a meaningful drama when every fifteen minutes proceedings are interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits with toilet paper? No dramatic art form should be dictated and controlled by men whose training and instincts are cut of an entirely different cloth. The fact remains that these gentlemen sell consumer goods, not an art form."^[26] Throughout his career Serling helped to mold the future of television.

Writing for multiple media

As early as 1955, Jack Gould, of the Nyu-York Tayms, commented on the close ties that were then being created between television and movies. Serling was among the first to use both forms, turning his early television successes, "Patterns" and "The Rack", into full-length movies.^[48] Up to that time, many established writers were unwilling to write for television because the programs were viewed only once and then stored in a vault, never to be seen again.^[49]

Beginning of the rerun

After the first showing of "Patterns", the studio received such positive feedback that it produced a repeat performance, the first time a television program had been replayed at the request of the audience. Although successful shows had sometimes been recreated after two years or more, this was the first time a show was recreated exactly — with the same cast and crew — as it had been originally broadcast.^[50] The second live performance, only a month later, was equally successful and inspired Nyu-York Tayms critic Jack Gould to write an essay on the use of replays on television. He stated that "Patterns" was a prime example of a drama that should be seen more than once, whereas a single broadcast was the norm for television shows of the day. Sponsors believed that creating new shows every week would assure them the largest possible audience, so they purchased a new script for each night. Gould suggested that as new networks were opened and the viewers were given more choices, the percentage of viewers would spread among the offerings. "Patterns" was proof that a second showing could gain more viewers because those who missed the first showing could see the second, thus increasing the audience for sponsors.^[49]

Effects on popular culture

Uning hayoti davomida

In December 1966, the made-for-television movie Qiyomat kuni parvoz efirga uzatildi. The fictional plot concerned an airplane with a bomb aboard. If the plane landed without the ransom money being paid, the aircraft would explode. The bomb was set with an altitude trigger that would detonate it if the plane dropped below four thousand feet. The show was one of the highest-rated of the television season, but both Serling and his brother Robert, a technical advisor on the project (a specialist in aviation), regretted making the film. After the film was aired, a rash of copycats telephoned in ransom demands to most of the largest airlines. Serling was truly devastated by what his script had encouraged. He told reporters who flocked to interview him, "I wish to Christ that I had written a stagecoach drama starring John Wayne instead."^[51]

After being knocked out in a 1961 boxing match, Archi Mur said, "Man, I was in the Alacakaranlık zonasi!"^[2]:172

Also in 1961, the FCC chairman, Nyuton N. Minov, gave a speech in which he called television programming a "ulkan cho'l "degan so'zlarini keltirmoqda Alacakaranlık zonasi as one of only a few exceptions.^[2]:172

Meros

Serling is indelibly woven into modern popular culture because of the bardoshli mashhurligi Alacakaranlık zonasi. Even youth of today can hum the theme song, and the title itself is a synonym for all things unexplainable.^[52] Serling's widow, Carol, maintained that the cult status that now surrounds both her husband and his shows continues to be a surprise, "as I'm sure it would have been to him."^[12] "It won't go away. It keeps bobbing up. ... Each year, I think, well, that's it—and then something else turns up."^[12] She survived him to the age of 90, dying on January 9, 2020,^[53] and participated in the continuing interest in Rod's work, sometimes preparing them for a new format and editing a publication about Rod that she founded, Alacakaranlık zonasi jurnali, as well as many activities to promote his legacy.

Alacakaranlık zonasi has been rerun, re-created and re-imagined since going off the air in 1964. It has been released in comic book form, as a magazine, a film, and three additional television series from 1985 yildan 1989 yilgacha, dan 2002 yildan 2003 yilgacha va yana 2019. 1988 yilda, J. Maykl Straczinskiy scripted Serling's outline "Our Selena Is Dying" for the 1980s Alacakaranlık zonasi uyg'onish.

Some of Serling's works are now available in grafik romanlar. Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone is a series of adaptations by Mark Kneece and Rich Ellis based on original scripts written by Serling.^[54] Several episodes were adapted into novel form for pulp fiction books by Serling himself.

Alacakaranlık zonasi is not the only Serling work to reappear. 1994 yilda, Rod Serlingning yo'qolgan klassikalari released two never-before-seen works that Carol Serling found in her garage. The first was an outline called, "The Theatre", that Richard Matheson expanded. The second was a complete script written by Serling, "Where the Dead Are".

In 1975, the Canadian rock band Shoshiling dedicated its third studio album, Po'latni silash, to Serling. To'rtinchi albomi, 2112, includes a song entitled "Alacakaranlık zonasi ", in which the two verses are each based on an episode of the series.^[55]

Serling and his work on Alacakaranlık zonasi ilhomlantirdi Disney tematik parki diqqatga sazovor joy, Alacakaranlık zonasi terror minorasi deb nomlangan Disneyning Gollivud studiyalari in Florida in 1994. Serling appears in the attraction through the use of repurposed archival footage, and voice actor Mark Silverman provides the dubbing of Serling's dialogue for the attraction at both Hollywood Studios and Disney Kaliforniya sarguzashtlari yilda Anaxaym.^[56] The ride takes place in the once-elegant Hollywood Tower Hotel that was struck by lightning, which caused the mysterious disappearance of five guests. Riders enter an abandoned elevator shaft as they become part of a "lost episode" of Alacakaranlık zonasi, with the attraction taking guests up 13 stories and dropping them multiple times. The Anaheim incarnation of the attraction was closed on January 2, 2017.^[57]

Annually since 1995, Binghamton High School, Serling's alma mater, primarily in partnership with WSKG-TV,^[58] hosts the Rod Serling Video Festival for students in kindergarten through grade 12. The festival encourages young people to engage in filmmaking.^[59][60]

More than 30 years after his death, Serling was digitally resurrected for an episode of the television series O'rta that aired on November 21, 2005. Filmed partially in 3-D, it opened with Serling's introducing the episode and instructing viewers when to put on their 3-D glasses. This was accomplished using footage from Alacakaranlık zonasi epizod "Yarim tunda quyosh " and digitally manipulating Serling's mouth to match new dialogue spoken by voice actor Mark Silverman. The plot involved paintings coming to life, a nod to both Alacakaranlık zonasi va Tungi galereya.

On August 11, 2009, the Amerika Qo'shma Shtatlarining pochta xizmati ozod qildi Early TV Memories commemorative stamp collection honoring notable television programs. One of the 20 stamps honored Alacakaranlık zonasi and featured a portrait of Serling.^[61]

Through a mix of computer animation, a simulated version of Serling appeared at the end of the "Blurryman" episode of the 2019 revival of Alacakaranlık zonasi. This was done with facial performance by Ryan Hesp, motion-capture by Jefferson Black, and a voice reprisal by Mark Silverman.

Tanlangan asarlar

Filmografiya

Kitoblar

• Alacakaranlık zonasidan hikoyalar, Bantam (New York City), 1960
• Alacakaranlık'taki boshqa hikoyalar, Bantam, 1961
• Alacakaranlık zonasidan yangi hikoyalar, Bantam, 1962
• From the Twilight Zone, Doubleday (Garden City, NJ), 1962
• Requiem for a Heavyweight: A Reading Version of the Dramatic Script, Bantam, 1962
• Rod Serling's Triple W: Witches, Warlocks and Werewolves; To'plam,(Editor) Bantam, 1963
• The Season to Be Wary (3 novellas, "Escape Route", "Color Scheme", and "Eyes"), Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1967
• Devils and Demons: A Collection, Bantam, 1967 (Editor and author of introduction)
• Tungi galereya, Bantam, 1971
• Night Gallery 2, Bantam, 1972
• Rod Serlingning boshqa olamlari,(Editor) Bantam, 1978

Taqdirlar

Ushbu bo'lim uchun qo'shimcha iqtiboslar kerak tekshirish. Iltimos yordam bering ushbu maqolani yaxshilang tomonidan ishonchli manbalarga iqtiboslarni qo'shish. Resurs manbasi bo'lmagan material shubha ostiga olinishi va olib tashlanishi mumkin. (2015 yil iyun) (Ushbu shablon xabarini qanday va qachon olib tashlashni bilib oling)

Vafotidan keyingi taqdirlash

• 1985: Inducted into the Televizion shon-sharaf zali^[62]
• 1985: A star honoring Serling can be found at 6840 Hollywood Blvd. ustida Gollivudning Shon-sharaf xiyoboni^[63]
• 2000: Nominated for an Emmy Award and Winner of a Writer Guild Award for the reusing of his script for the re-make of "A Storm in Century".
• 2007: Ranked No. 1 on Televizion qo'llanma 's "25 Greatest Sci-Fi Legends" list (the only non-fictitious person on the list)^[64]
• 2008: Inducted into the Ilmiy fantastika shon-sharaf zali^[65]

Izohlar

Qo'shimcha o'qish

• Parisi, Nicholas. (2018) Rod Serling: Uning hayoti, ishi va tasavvurlari. Missisipi universiteti matbuoti. ISBN  978-1496817501
• DeVoe, Bill. (2008) "Twilight Zone" dan kichik narsalar. Albany, GA: Bear Manor Media. ISBN  978-1-59393-136-0
• Engel, Joel (1989). Rod Serling: The Dreams and Nightmares of Life In the Twilight Zone. Zamonaviy kitoblar. 266-267 betlar. ISBN  978-0-8092453-8-3.
• Grammlar, Martin. (2008) Alacakaranlık zonasi: klassik televizion eshikni ochish. Cherchvill, MD: OTR nashriyoti. ISBN  978-0-9703310-9-0
• Nicholls, Peter (1979) Ilmiy fantastika entsiklopediyasi Granada. ISBN  0-586-05380-8
• Zikri, Mark Skott. (1992) Twilight Zone Companion Silman-Jeyms Press. ISBN  978-1-879505-09-4

Tashqi havolalar

• Rod Serling kuni IMDb
• Rod Serling da Internet Broadway ma'lumotlar bazasi
• Rod Serling da Internet-spekulyativ fantastika ma'lumotlar bazasi
• "Rod Serling biography". Fantastika va hayoliy shon-sharaf zali.
• Talking About Rod Serling da Suhbatlar: Televiziyaning og'zaki tarixi
• Vetter, Herbert F. (July 28, 2012), "Serling, Rod (1924–1975)", Unitarian Universalist Biographical Dictionary, Harvard Square Library
• Rod Serling Archives at Ithaca College — scripts, screenplays, films, published works by Serling, and secondary materials
• Rod Serling Papers at the Viskonsin kino va teatr tadqiqotlari markazi.
• 1959 interview tomonidan Mayk Uolles
  • The interview as video (21:31)
• An Interview with Carol Serling: 'Life With Rod'
• Rod Serling Archive at the Wisconsin Historical Society Serling's papers consist of roughly 80,000 documents ranging from scripts to personal correspondence, including a folder of angry letters received by Serling
• Rod Serling yodgorlik fondi