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| Okay, I know I just mentioned in my last entry about the X-Files and how much I want the next movie not to suck... but I've got another X-Files related rant that's been niggling at the back of my mind. I really want to deal with the sexual and skeptical politics of the relationship between Mulder ans Scully. But - I promise not to take it too seriously, and I also promise that I still love this show, no matter what. (I'm not promising to love the new movie, though - not until I've seen it!) I'm not saying Chris Carter is a sexist, I'm not even saying the show is unintentionally sexist - I'm just indulging in my trained love of taking a piece of writing, taking a viewpoint, and shredding the hell out of it for my own intellectual entertainment. ♥ Note: I am completely ignoring everything past season 6 at the moment. I might at some point try to bring more detail and breadth into this argument, but for the moment I simply don't remember the later seasons well enough to argue anything about them (particularly given that I stopped watching entirely after season 7. So... if you want to talk about what happens after David Duchovny pulled his disappearing act, you'll probably have to explain context to me. The whole point of the show, for me, was their relationship... so I ignored the show after they broke that. I've heard it suggested that you can interpret the entirety of the X-Files as the deconstruction of Scully's ... |
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