Blackhawk Fallacy
I was putzing around the internet the other week, checking out serial write ups on IMDB, and came across Blackhawk (1952), began reading the comments and was struck by a misconception one of the reviewers fostered. In the serial, due to budgetary restraints, all of the villains’ various hideouts use the same set. The reviewer, echoing many other serial fans online, states that this is never mentioned or explained. I didn’t think that was correct. I remembered that there were comments by cast members comments and an explanation. So I went and checked the review I did back in ‘03 and saw that I pointed this out. I then watched the serial to be sure and yes they did offer an explanation. When prisoners are shuffled from one hideout to another, they comment on having never left the original hideout. After several chapters Kirk Alyn’s Blackhawk postulates that the hideouts might be intentionally set up like that so prisoners will never be able to tell where they really are. It is a simple and logical theory that covers the low budget necessity of reusing the same set over and over again. Mystery solved!
I have yet to see this serial, but as a long time fan of the comic it is on my buy list.
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I have a decent collection of serials (over 40) and more coming every month. I am, also, a collector of Old Time Radio programs.
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