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...Teleplaywright Serling, 31, an ex-amateur boxer himself. He did not intend, he says, for Requiem simply to daub tar and feathers on the fight game-"I tried to dramatize the rejection of a human being by a segment of society. It could have been played out against any background at all." One of the medium's most prolific authors (ico-odd plays), Serling is serving TV (at a record $7,500 a script) some of the most tightly constructed, trenchant lines it has yet spoken. "I love TV," he confesses, "but writing is mostly just fighting discouragement. Sponsor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Biggest Playhouse | 10/22/1956 | See Source »

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