Editing McCarthyism (section)

==Cultural depictions==
* The 1951 novel ''[[The Troubled Air]]'' by [[Irwin Shaw]] tells the story of the director of a (fictional) radio show, broadcast live at the time, who is given a deadline to investigate his cast for alleged links to communism. The novel recounts the devastating effects on all concerned.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.openroadmedia.com/ebook/the-troubled-air/|title=The Troubled Air|date=16 April 2013|publisher=Open Road Media|access-date=September 9, 2016|archive-date=September 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911193938/http://www.openroadmedia.com/ebook/the-troubled-air/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* The 1952 [[Arthur Miller]] play ''[[The Crucible]]'' used the [[Salem witch trials]] as a metaphor for McCarthyism, suggesting that the process of McCarthyism-style persecution can occur at any time or place. The play focused on the fact that once accused, a person had little chance of exoneration, given the irrational and [[circular reasoning]] of both the courts and the public. Miller later wrote: "The more I read into the Salem panic, the more it touched off corresponding images of common experiences in the fifties."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Miller |first=Arthur |date=October 21, 1996 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/archive/1996/10/21/1996_10_21_158_TNY_CARDS_000373902 |title=Why I Wrote The Crucible |magazine=The New Yorker |access-date=February 20, 2020 |archive-date=September 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928033947/http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1996/10/21/1996_10_21_158_TNY_CARDS_000373902 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* The 1976 film ''[[The Front]]'' starring [[Woody Allen]] dealt with the McCarthy-era Hollywood blacklist. The film was made by those blacklisted: producer and director [[Martin Ritt]]; writer [[Walter Bernstein]]; and actors [[Zero Mostel]], [[Herschel Bernardi]], [[Michael Murphy (actor)|Michael Murphy]], [[John Randolph (actor)|John Randolph]], [[Lloyd Gough]], and [[Joshua Shelley]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/mccarthy/blacklist.html|title=The Hollywood Blacklist|last=Georgakas|first=Dan|website=www.english.illinois.edu|access-date=August 15, 2018|archive-date=August 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826102811/http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/mccarthy/blacklist.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* The 2005 film ''[[Good Night, and Good Luck]]'' by [[George Clooney]] starred [[David Strathairn]] as broadcast journalist [[Edward R. Murrow]] and contained archival footage of McCarthy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4949041|title='Good Night and Good Luck': Murrow vs. McCarthy|website=NPR.org|access-date=April 5, 2018|archive-date=October 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026111018/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4949041|url-status=live}}</ref>