Mainstreaming Paranoia: How the Film Industry Feeds the Conspiracism Beast

Mainstreaming Paranoia

Why do so many Americans believe their government is controlled by hidden cabals? One possible answer: it’s what Hollywood has conditioned them to believe by producing TV shows like Blindspot, Mr. Robot, and The Blacklist. Learn how the unexpected success of The X-Files in the 1990s turbocharged three decades of ‘paranoid entertainment’.

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