Terrifying and Totalizing TV: Section Prompt Oct. 9

Hello Section,

Thanks for all your hard work on your papers; I am looking forward to reading them!

For section this week I’d like you to think about what connections you can draw between Sconce’s piece on The Outer Limits and Spigel’s essay “White Flight.” Themes you might consider include: difference and alienation, the politics and allegories of outer space, surveillance culture, the changing family and social structure of the 1960’s, or the fear and uncertainty of the in-between. 

Please come to section prepared to talk about these two pieces and their connections. There’s more linking them together than you might expect. 

Cheers,

Josh