[Rufii]

He also wrote the treatment for "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," the 1956 science-fiction movie about a town whose residents are replaced by emotionless alien clones. It was widely interpreted as a parable about the McCarthy era.

Yes, indeed. The artichoke people bent on taking over the human race might be likened to the Communists, and the protagonist trying to sound the alarm was played by an actor named McCarthy--Kevin McCarthy.

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I don’t ever recall “Invasion” being seen as anything other than a parable about the COMMUNIST ERA. The loss of individuality against one’s will, the group mindset of those replaced, etc.

Only now are they rewriting Hollyweird’s own history to say it was really about McCarthy?