GENERAL ENGLISH

CLASS 2 - INSTRUMENTAL READING - RECOGNIZING COGNATES

Senior High School

Teacher: ​Guilherme Copati

The Twilight Zone is an American ​television ​anthology series created by ​Rod Serling​. The episodes are in various

genres, including ​psychological horror​, ​fantasy​, ​science fiction​, ​suspense​, and ​psychological thriller​; and often

conclude with a ​macabre or ​unexpected twist​, and usually with a ​moral​. A popular and critical success, it introduced

many Americans to common ​science fiction and ​fantasy ​tropes​. The original series, shot entirely in ​black and white​,

ran for five seasons from 1959 to 1964.

The Twilight Zone followed in the tradition of earlier television shows and radio programs. The success of the series

led to ​a feature film​, a ​radio series​, a ​comic book​, a magazine, and various other ​spin-offs that spanned five

decades, including two revival television series. The first revival ran on ​CBS and in syndication in the 1980s, while

the second ran on ​UPN from 2002 to 2003. ​TV Guide ranked the original TV series #5​[2] in their 2013 list of the 60

greatest dramas of all time.​[3]

"​Eye of the Beholder​" (also titled "​The Private World Of Darkness​" when initially rebroadcast in the summer of

1962) is episode 42 of the ​American television anthology series ​The Twilight Zone​. It originally aired on November

11, 1960 on ​CBS​. The director had planned to have ​Maxine Stuart​, who spoke all of the lines of the main character

Janet Tyler when her head is entirely covered by bandages, dub the single line spoken by Tyler when she is

revealed, portrayed by the actress ​Donna Douglas​. However, Douglas had been listening to Stuart's voice as she

recorded her part, and was able to imitate her so successfully that she was allowed to speak the line on camera

herself.

EXERCÍCIOS

1 - Descreva em poucas palavras a série ​The Twilight Zone​.

2 - Mencione duas características dos episódios da série.

3 - Que tipos de outros programas ou produtos foram gerados a partir da série?

4 - Quantas diferentes atrizes interpretaram a protagonista do episódio “Eye of the beholder”?