A brave man was needed because the play was strongly critical of the US government's attitude to communism.
"The Crucible" associated the Salem witch trials with the persecution of people associated with the Communist Party. The play showed how the accusations were oppressive, without evidence, violent and intolerable, in addition to stimulating an irrational fear in society.
This type of play criticized the American government in a very imposing way and accused the government of being a liar, inconsequential and unfair, which could provoke the persecution of all people involved in the play.
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