Did the cornfield in “It's a Good Life” physically exist, or was it a metaphor?
In the classic Twilight Zone episode "It's a Good Life", six-year-old Anthony Fremont (played by child star Billy Mumy) has the power to wish for anything. He often gets angry at other people, punishing them by sending them to "the cornfield". The other people in his town fear him, and do what they can to please him.
Was the cornfield an actual place that physically existed? Or was it a metaphor for oblivion?
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In the classic Twilight Zone episode "It's a Good Life", six-year-old Anthony Fremont (played by child star Billy Mumy) has the power to wish for anything. He often gets angry at other people, punishing them by sending them to "the cornfield". The other people in his town fear him, and do what they can to please him.
Was the cornfield an actual place that physically existed? Or was it a metaphor for oblivion?
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Depends on your point of view. Anthony probably thought of it as a cornfield because that's how him or someone else he heard of was punished. The 2000s revival had a sequel episode (with the return of Bill Mumy) where Anthony had a daughter, who it turned out, was stronger than him and could bring things back from the cornfield, with just as little explanation as to where that actually was.
– Radhil
1 hour ago
BTW, In the sequel, Anthony's Daughter was played by Billy Mumy's daughter Lilliana.
– VBartilucci
39 mins ago
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In the classic Twilight Zone episode "It's a Good Life", six-year-old Anthony Fremont (played by child star Billy Mumy) has the power to wish for anything. He often gets angry at other people, punishing them by sending them to "the cornfield". The other people in his town fear him, and do what they can to please him.
Was the cornfield an actual place that physically existed? Or was it a metaphor for oblivion?
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asked 1 hour ago
Dr Sheldon
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In the classic Twilight Zone episode "It's a Good Life", six-year-old Anthony Fremont (played by child star Billy Mumy) has the power to wish for anything. He often gets angry at other people, punishing them by sending them to "the cornfield". The other people in his town fear him, and do what they can to please him.
Was the cornfield an actual place that physically existed? Or was it a metaphor for oblivion?
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Depends on your point of view. Anthony probably thought of it as a cornfield because that's how him or someone else he heard of was punished. The 2000s revival had a sequel episode (with the return of Bill Mumy) where Anthony had a daughter, who it turned out, was stronger than him and could bring things back from the cornfield, with just as little explanation as to where that actually was.
– Radhil
1 hour ago
BTW, In the sequel, Anthony's Daughter was played by Billy Mumy's daughter Lilliana.
– VBartilucci
39 mins ago
add a comment |
Depends on your point of view. Anthony probably thought of it as a cornfield because that's how him or someone else he heard of was punished. The 2000s revival had a sequel episode (with the return of Bill Mumy) where Anthony had a daughter, who it turned out, was stronger than him and could bring things back from the cornfield, with just as little explanation as to where that actually was.
– Radhil
1 hour ago
BTW, In the sequel, Anthony's Daughter was played by Billy Mumy's daughter Lilliana.
– VBartilucci
39 mins ago
Depends on your point of view. Anthony probably thought of it as a cornfield because that's how him or someone else he heard of was punished. The 2000s revival had a sequel episode (with the return of Bill Mumy) where Anthony had a daughter, who it turned out, was stronger than him and could bring things back from the cornfield, with just as little explanation as to where that actually was.
– Radhil
1 hour ago
Depends on your point of view. Anthony probably thought of it as a cornfield because that's how him or someone else he heard of was punished. The 2000s revival had a sequel episode (with the return of Bill Mumy) where Anthony had a daughter, who it turned out, was stronger than him and could bring things back from the cornfield, with just as little explanation as to where that actually was.
– Radhil
1 hour ago
BTW, In the sequel, Anthony's Daughter was played by Billy Mumy's daughter Lilliana.
– VBartilucci
39 mins ago
BTW, In the sequel, Anthony's Daughter was played by Billy Mumy's daughter Lilliana.
– VBartilucci
39 mins ago
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The original short story describes the cornfield as a literal place where he sends the bodies (and this something that his family convinces him to do rather than leave the twisted remains of what was once human on the carpet), so I believe it was likely literal in the TV presentation as well.
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I keep forgetting a lot of the original show was adapted from other short stories.
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The original short story describes the cornfield as a literal place where he sends the bodies (and this something that his family convinces him to do rather than leave the twisted remains of what was once human on the carpet), so I believe it was likely literal in the TV presentation as well.
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I keep forgetting a lot of the original show was adapted from other short stories.
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The original short story describes the cornfield as a literal place where he sends the bodies (and this something that his family convinces him to do rather than leave the twisted remains of what was once human on the carpet), so I believe it was likely literal in the TV presentation as well.
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I keep forgetting a lot of the original show was adapted from other short stories.
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The original short story describes the cornfield as a literal place where he sends the bodies (and this something that his family convinces him to do rather than leave the twisted remains of what was once human on the carpet), so I believe it was likely literal in the TV presentation as well.
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The original short story describes the cornfield as a literal place where he sends the bodies (and this something that his family convinces him to do rather than leave the twisted remains of what was once human on the carpet), so I believe it was likely literal in the TV presentation as well.
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Depends on your point of view. Anthony probably thought of it as a cornfield because that's how him or someone else he heard of was punished. The 2000s revival had a sequel episode (with the return of Bill Mumy) where Anthony had a daughter, who it turned out, was stronger than him and could bring things back from the cornfield, with just as little explanation as to where that actually was.
– Radhil
1 hour ago
BTW, In the sequel, Anthony's Daughter was played by Billy Mumy's daughter Lilliana.
– VBartilucci
39 mins ago