Apocrypha meets The Pentagon Papers: the appeals to the X-Files to the X-Phile

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The conflicted and conflictual nature of the American sociopolitical milleu at the end of 20th century and the beginning of the new millennium forms as a background for the examination of the construction of the X-Phile, and the appeals of the series to this self-selected group. The appeals of 'The X-Files that are found in its complexity is discussed.

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X-Philes: imaginations of millenial anxieties

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A critical examination of The X-Files was carried out to examine its formula for success. It included narrative originality, social commentary, and cultural resonance to a degree rare in prime time network commercial entertainment television, but not so uncommon within the tradition of TV science fiction.

United States

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The New Religious Right versus media wrongs: AFA flights temptation

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The role of the New Religious Right (NRR) in the contemporary controversies is examined. One of the NRR group, the American Family Association (AFA) battles against the film The Last Temptation of Christ "for its demeaning and degrading" the portrayal of the life of Christ.

The Last Temptation of Christ (Motion picture), Religious films, Religion in motion pictures, Religious movies

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