Fool’s Gold by Sarah Stegall Copyright ©1995 by Sarah Stegall Written by Darin Morgan Directed by Kim Manners The fool functions in literature and art as a funhouse mirror, in whose distorted reflection we see our own foibles exaggerated for emphasis. Almost always, what we find intriguing in the sideshow freak, the fool, the outcast, is the departure from our norms, the expression of the forbidden. For a society hell-bent in pursuit of physical perfection, it is only natural that the physically deformed should hold a special fascination. Their very existence seems to violate propriety in a culture where plastic…
Posts Tagged‘tv reviews’
The X-Files: “Colony” & “End Game”
War in the Shadows by Sarah Stegall copyright ©1995 by Sarah Stegall Writer: Chris Carter (Colony), Frank Spotnitz (End Game) Story by: David Duchovny (Colony) Director: Nick Mark (Colony), Rob Bowman (End Game) Up to now, “The X-Files”‘ Spooky Patrol has investigated hints and clues, isolated incidents, quirky events with a confused pattern and little meaning. But with “Colony” and “Endgame”, the series took a 90 degree turn into global engagement, as Mulder and Scully are drafted into a shadowy internecine war where neither side appears to hold the moral high ground. I find myself running out of superlatives as…