An X-Files expert on the show's enduring appeal – 30 years on
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Ostensibly a show about aliens, The X-Files swiftly became part of the cultural lexicon and remains there to this day.
Key Points:
- Ostensibly a show about aliens, The X-Files swiftly became part of the cultural lexicon and remains there to this day.
- After all, it was the X-Files fandom that invented the term “shipping” (rooting for characters to get together romantically).
- It also coincided with Bill Clinton becoming president – marking the end of more than a decade of Republican leadership.
- These themes reflected growing concerns about government agencies using technology to both spy on and influence the public.
The X-Files’ enduring appeal
- As one fan explained: “The cultural context of conspiracy theories has changed since the beginning of X-Files.
- They, tells Mulder that “no one can tell the difference anymore between what’s real and what’s fake”.
- In the second season episode Ascension, Mulder pulls a phone book off a shelf in his search for Scully – now we’d use Google.
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