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To: Rice and Stew
"I don’t like the idea of romanticizing witchcraft, but, whatever."

Indeed, that can be a very dangerous thing, particularly to those of an impressionable age. Often times, media not only lionizes the witch, but will also portray their antagonists (i.e. "Christians") as zealous, obsessively puritanical moral tyrants.

One thing I liked about the original X-Files series is that it was not afraid to paint good and evil in terms of black and white. Although there could be some twists and turns in the plot during the course of an episode or story line, by the end it was pretty clear who was the good guy and who was the bad guy. There were two episodes in particular that come to my mind, titled Die Hand Die Verletzt and Signs and Wonders that deal with these themes in a pretty straightforward manner.

8 posted on 03/07/2025 7:54:34 AM PST by Joe 6-pack
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To: Joe 6-pack

Often times, media not only lionizes the witch, but will also portray their antagonists (i.e. “Christians”) as zealous, obsessively puritanical moral tyrants.


See “Wicked”.


9 posted on 03/07/2025 7:55:33 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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