Big Worlds On Small Screens: Rebecca Fisher Discusses “Salem”

~ by Rebecca Fisher
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Introduction:

For a number of reasons, I can’t bring myself to actually recommend a show like Salem. I’ve always had a grim fascination with the Salem Witch Trials, a dark period of American history in which twenty people were executed for crimes of witchcraft between February 1692 and May 1693, in the small community of Salem, Massachusetts. Its legacy serves as a striking reminder of the dangers of mass hysteria and religious fanaticism, and is ripe material for a tel...