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The Private World of Darkness: The Secret Behind 'The
Twilight Zone' Episode
Posted:
07/08/2014 1:56 pm EDT Updated: 5 hours ago
Syfy aired a Twilight Zone marathon for July 4, including
"The Private World of Darkness."
A few years ago, readers of The Twilight Zone
Magazine voted it their favorite TZ episode. Notably, a woman, enacted by
actress Maxine Stuart in a tour de force Emmy-caliber performance, superbly
enunciates her plight as a hideously ugly female whose face is swathed in
bandages after having undergone her 11th plastic surgical procedure. The twist
in the tale is unveiled when the bandages are removed, and we see a gorgeous
blonde surrounded by grotesque doctors, nurses and hospital staffers.
However, the actress seen is not Stuart, but rather Donna Douglas of Beverly Hillbillies fame who
was considered more beautiful, and hence, more apropos for the end scene. As
she races through the hospital until she encounters another
"disfigured" human, she utters only a single brief line to minimize
the chances that the audience would recognize a different voice. The credits at
the end of the episode properly listed Stuart, first, Douglas, last.
Ruehl Fact: Many TZ fans mistakenly believe that the tile of this episode is "The Eye Of
The Beholder," which would have been quite appropriate as the relative
nature of beauty was discussed. Apparently, that was the original plan as
creator Rod Serling referred to this episode with that title in a preview
announcing it as the next week's episode, but somewhere along the line it was
changed...
For the record, Maxine Stuart passed away in 2013 at age 95 while Donna
Douglas, 80, is still acting.
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