Yesterday in my writers’ room, the subject of the blacklists and
Communist writers came up. I quickly found myself outnumbered 11 to 1
(the Annoying Friend, my only conservative ally, was out writing a
script, damn him) and also (as usual) a bit under-informed. I need a
good article or two on the subject, countering the following
assumptions: 1) Communists in Hollywood weren’t putting their ideology
into their work. 2) The threat was just paranoia. 3) The United
States is a democracy, so if people want to be Communist, that’s their
right. 4) The people who “named names” were cowards. Thanks in
advance.