It's a classic for a reason. The staying power of this story, a witch hunt of historical witches reflecting the search for communists in the government contemporaneously, can still certainly reflect political struggles we see today. The story itself is deceptively simple: are the women in the tiny 17th century village of Salem witches casting spells on other townsfolk? But the undercurrents echo today, too, and the interpersonal dynamics at play -- gender, race, poverty -- are written deftly. ( )