“Fantasy and science fiction can be literal as well as allegorical and there’s nothing wrong with enjoying a monster like a giant squid for what it is, as well as searching for metaphor.”
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The Twilight Zone, "The Fugitive" (1962).
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The Circus of Dr. Lao Introduction (1956)
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