I tried but was unsuccessful in finding a National Review article I once read on Wilde which dealt with this very story and a few others of his. As I recall, it said how Wilde (ostensibly from personal experience) saw what a monstrous creation one becomes when they focus on themselves and their own vanity.

Step back and think for a moment though...again, this episode dealt with a subject that, frankly, was and is quite controversial. And look at the quote directly from this episode above...while I\'ve got to add one needs to know the battle they\'re fighting, this quote ALONE wouldn\'t make it into any hollywood-produced movie or radio show today given its subject.

(Again, consider that the RMT was the little sister of \"The Twilight Zone\", which had an episode where (even though the subject was confronting Satan) the very idea of putting a CROSS (instead of the \"staff of truth\" which was used) on the door was voted down as too controversial in the early 60\'s of all times - a decade or more before the first RMT! Our wonderful RMT, even though it had several flawed episodes, took on HONESTLY the subject of homosexuality/lesbianism (This episode, \"The sinister shadow\", (I would argue) \"Death is a woman\", \"Carmilla\" (wonder how many would appreciate vampires if they knew the George Sheridan LeFanu story \"Carmilla\", a female vampire which molested girls starting at ages as young as 6 with the intent to kill them, was the direct inspiration for \"Dracula\" and seems to have directly or by default heavily influenced \"Twilight\"?), and some could include \"The secret sharer\"), abortion (\"The phantom lullaby\"), islamic terrorism (\"The terrorist\"), post-modernism (\"The crack in the wall\"), gambling (\"You bet your life\" and other episodes...to Twilight Zone\'s credit they did tackle that one), the value of parenting (the incredible (when you step back and think about it) \"Welcome for a dead man\", plus other episodes), the ongoing argument of heredity vs. environment (\"Blood will tell\"...an RMT with one of the all time best last second plot twists), the consequences of marital infidelity (take your pick of a bunch of episodes) and other controversial subjects with (IMO) frequently amazing ease.

How did they do it, particularly in the mid-late 1970s era? <br>