Be fearful: The X-Files' post-9/11 legacy
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In: The Journal of Science Fiction Film and Television, Vol. 6, No. 1, 02.2013, p. 71-85.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Be fearful
T2 - The X-Files' post-9/11 legacy
AU - Picarelli, Enrica
AU - Gomez-Galisteo, M. Carmen
PY - 2013/2
Y1 - 2013/2
N2 - With its exposé of government conspiracies and its claims for a more critical citizenship distrustful of political institutions, The X-Files tapped into the 1990s climate and captured more than any other contemporary television show the fears plaguing the end of the century. However, in the wake of the upheaval caused by the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the show lost touch with its audience’s concerns. This article analyses the post-9/11 irrelevance of The X-Files and reads Battlestar Galactica, a show that began its run in 2005, as The X-Files’ heir.Battlestar Galactica, the article maintains, came to fill the void left by The X-Files with its commentary on George W. Bush’s security and military operations against terrorism and its engagement with current anxieties.
AB - With its exposé of government conspiracies and its claims for a more critical citizenship distrustful of political institutions, The X-Files tapped into the 1990s climate and captured more than any other contemporary television show the fears plaguing the end of the century. However, in the wake of the upheaval caused by the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the show lost touch with its audience’s concerns. This article analyses the post-9/11 irrelevance of The X-Files and reads Battlestar Galactica, a show that began its run in 2005, as The X-Files’ heir.Battlestar Galactica, the article maintains, came to fill the void left by The X-Files with its commentary on George W. Bush’s security and military operations against terrorism and its engagement with current anxieties.
KW - Cultural studies
KW - Media and communication studies
KW - post-9/11
KW - Battlestar Galactica
KW - terrorism
KW - fear
KW - goverment
KW - american politics
KW - control
KW - Science of art
U2 - 10.3828/sfftv.2013.7
DO - 10.3828/sfftv.2013.7
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 6
SP - 71
EP - 85
JO - The Journal of Science Fiction Film and Television
JF - The Journal of Science Fiction Film and Television
SN - 1754-3770
IS - 1
ER -