I watched this last night. Interesting having listened to the radio play how you can really see its roots when you watch the episode; the way the lead talks to herself through a lot of the running time.
In the play the lead character was a man (obviously, as he was played by Orson Welles). It's interesting that now the lead is a woman, Serling created the situation with the sailor, and there's a very obvious sexual threat there, until he starts to think she's nuts and leaves.
Good episode, but I think I actually prefer the radio play. Orson Welles' performance is hard to top I think.
|