![]() That meant casting a woman who viewers would see and immediately go, “Her?!? Ugly?!? You’ve got to be kidding me! She’s gorgeous!” But Serling and Heyes wanted the moment to have real punch. Yes, Stuart herself or any “ordinary” woman would have provided a contrast with the pig-faced people around her. If she is not startlingly beautiful, we have missed our point entirely’. When Serling describes the climactic scene in his script, he demonstrates his command of the visual medium of television: ‘She raises her head. Extravagant beauty is necessary to establish a contrast between Janet Tyler and her repulsive fellow citizens. Stuart’s point is valid, but it wouldn’t have worked on screen. However, I do feel that since this particular show dealt with conformity, they might have allowed for a less startling-looking woman and settled for reality!īut as Tony Albarella, editor of “As Timeless as Infinity: The Twilight Zone Scripts of Rod Serling” has written: I certainly agree that I could not be considered a great beauty by any stretch of the imagination. It’s an indelible TZ moment, up there with Henry Bemis’s glasses in “Time Enough at Last” and the spaceship on the roof in “The Invaders”.īut not everyone was happy with the casting of Douglas. Between the voice, her reactions, and her actual face, we’re well into “what the hell” territory. Audiences needed to be really gobsmacked when her bandages dropped and the doctors and nurses recoiled in horror. But, well, it doesn’t sound like one that would come from a beauty queen. So, to convey (at least aurally) the notion that she’s ugly, he cast Maxine Stuart at least in part for her somewhat rough-sounding voice. Since her appearance is only talked about for the first three-quarters of the episode, we have to use our imaginations. We’re supposed to assume that Janet Tyler is horribly ugly. So for the medical personnel, he picked ones with warm, caring voices, to make it all the more shocking when we see how they really look. It also led him, he later said, to audition the actors and actresses with his back to them. That led him to stage it so that we never see the faces of the doctors and nurses until the big reveal. He wanted the twist ending to land with a real wallop. Primarily because of how director Douglas Heyes opted to handle this amazing script. So why the switch? Why wasn’t the part handled entirely by either Stuart or Douglas? Once the bandages were off, we saw only the face of Donna Douglas (the future Elly May Clampett on “The Beverly Hillbillies”). Of course, she wasn’t the only actress who played Janet Tyler. Yes, Stuart played poor Janet Tyler, whose only crime was not upholding the standards of beauty in some skewed dystopia. That’s because she spent all of her screen time under a thick layer of bandages in “Eye of the Beholder”. And yet if you passed Maxine Stuart on the street, you probably wouldn’t recognize her. Inspired by the "Eye of the Beholder" Episode of The Twilight Zone.She starred in one of the most iconic Twilight Zone episodes of all time.Includes a removable fabric lab coat, clock-shaped icon enamel pin, and fold-out diorama packaging!.Doctor Bernardi is a limited edition of only 1,000 pieces!.Lesson to be learned in the Twilight Zone." - Rod Serling, closing narration On this planet or wherever there is human life - perhaps out amongst the stars - beauty is in the eye of the beholder. ![]() Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, in this year or a hundred years hence. "Now the questions that come to mind: "Where is this place and when is it?" "What kind of world where ugliness is the norm and beauty the deviation from that norm?" You want an answer? The answer is it doesn't make any difference, because the old saying happens to be true. Get yours while supplies last! Ages 14 and up. He also comes with a removable white fabric lab coat, a special 1 1/2-inch tall hard-enamel clock-shaped icon pin with a rubber clasp, and an eerie black-and-white diorama background displaying a long hospital-like hallway that folds into the 9-inch tall x 6-inch wide blister-card packaging. Made of plastic, he stands about 3 7/8-inches tall, features 5 points of articulation (neck, shoulders, and hips), and is a limited edition of only 1,000 pieces that includes an individually numbered holographic sticker. Inspired by “Eye of the Beholder,” the sixth episode of the second season of The Twilight Zone, the empathetic Doctor Bernardi can make a house call at your home if you order this black-and-white The Twilight Zone Eye of the Beholder Doctor Bernardi with Diorama 3 3/4-Inch Scale Action Figure Series 5 by Bif Bang Pow!. Twilight Zone Eye of the Beholder w/ Diorama 3.75" Figure Series 5:
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