[78-L] Panic..or myth? (Hey, it was 73 years ago tonight, too) [FWD]

[Elizabeth McLeod]

People desperately *want* the GIGANTIC PANIC OMG! to be true in this case, simply because it *is* such a good story. OTR fans want it to be true because it's the basis for the entire Orson Welles Legend. And a lot of media critics want it to be true because it makes an excellent talking point for whatever agenda they happen to have.

There's also a lot of people who want the "Nelson Eddy drove all the Chase and Sanborn listeners over to Welles" angle to be true, because they can't understand how anybody could possibly like Nelson Eddy, who may well have been the most popular male vocalist in the country at that particular instant in time. But that's a whole 'nother myth to explode.

Elizabeth

on 10/31/11 3:36 AM Mike Harkin wrote:

>Never let the truth get in the way of a good story! [First Axiom of 
>story-telling].
> 
>Mike in Plovdiv
>
>--- On Mon, 10/31/11, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>
>From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>Subject: [78-L] Panic..or myth? (Hey, it was 73 years ago tonight, too)
>To: "78L" <78-L at 78online.com>
>Date: Monday, October 31, 2011, 3:12 AM
>
>
>What's this about War Of The Worlds not causing that much of a panic?
>http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/magazine-15470903
>
>dl
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