Technically, Arthur Mille wrote 'The Crucible' before his own personal experiences with the HUAC (House Committee on Un-American Activities). He wrote 'The Crucible' in 1953, after Elia Kazan (who directed 'Death of a Salesman' 4 years earlier) was questioned by the HUAC about links to the Communist party. Feeling pressured, Kazan named names of people he believed to be associated with the Communists. After speaking the Kazan, Miller wrote the 'The Crucible.' In it, Miller compared the HUAC questioning to the witch hunt in Salem in 1692, where a young woman, out of jealousy and rage, accuses her lover's wife of witchcraft. Using the town's fear to her advantage, she accuses many more of being witches, and they are hanged. People of Salem become afraid of speaking out against her, as it will surely lead to also being named a witch.
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The HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee) used Hollywood Blacklist (the movie industry) to fight the supposed communists.
In the 1950's, the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) investigated Communists who had supposedly infiltrated all aspects of American life, including the government, the military, and Hollywood. (The committee was formed in 1938 and dissolved in 1975, but it is most famous from the 1950's. Although Joseph McCarthy was in the U.S. Senate, not the House of Representatives, he worked in parallel with HUAC.)
The HUAC was used to find citizens in United States with Nazi ties. It was established in 1938 under the leadership of Martin Dies. The House Judiciary Committee was transferred the functions of HUAC on the abolishment of HUAC in 1975.
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HUAC was the House Unamerican Activities Committee led by Eugene McCarthy. In essence it was set up to find Communists and Communist sympathizers within the government, and later, throughout the US. It was the 20th-century version of a witch hunt.
Most people would say no, but in the 1950's, nobody cared as much. Today, they wouldn't be considered constitutionally legal though - it's asking too much...
HUAC was the House Un-American Activities Committee.
The HUAC is the House Committee on Un-American Activities. This is a committee found in the United States of America.
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The writers who refused to answer questions in front of the HUAC committee were known as the Hollywood Ten.
The HUAC launched its first major attack against Hollywood.