Posts Tagged‘tv reviews’

The X-Files: “Unrequited”

Now You See Him, Now You Don’t by Sarah Stegall Copyright © 1997 by Sarah Stegall Written by Howard Gordon Directed by Michael Lange Probably no group of American war veterans since the Civil War has suffered more bad publicity than those who came back from Vietnam. Survivors of a conflict that bitterly divided the nation, they came home to a land made unrecognizable by seething resentments and barely suppressed anger. Twenty five years after the last Marine was airlifted off the roof of the US Embassy in Saigon, the arguments still rage, the old hostilities and conflicts shaping our…

The X-Files: “El Mundo Gira”

Cleanup on Aisle Three by Sarah Stegall copyright © 1997 by Sarah Stegall “El chupacabra? Frankly, I’m confused by this story.” –Walter Skinner Writer: John Shiban Director: Tucker Gates One of the primary functions of Art is to help us explain the world to ourselves; the explanations we come up with, like our ideas of art itself, depend heavily on the culture we are trying to interpret. It is an ongoing dialogue between artist and audience, in which art challenges or confirms our understanding of our world and ourselves. Since this understanding grows out of our culture and environment, it…