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Uncle Joe

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3. The play premiered in 1949

Reply to Xavier Breath (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 6, 2025, 03:35 PM

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It was only one year later February of 1950 when McCarthy suddenly rose to fame with his poison propaganda of "Communists in the State Department."

All of this a few short years after World War II, and I think the nation needed counseling then.

Perhaps that's why the play has such profound psychological resonance 76 years later?

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Excellent movie, I remember reading the play when I was in school, seventh grade I think Walleye Saturday #1

I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest Willy might have benefitted from some couples counseling. Xavier Breath Saturday #2

The play premiered in 1949 Uncle Joe Saturday #3