Word: alienated
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...agent John Doggett on the X-Files, Robert Patrick has to hunt alien shape shifters who steal people's faces. On some level, he probably knows how they feel. No sooner did series creator Chris Carter announce Patrick as the new lead, after star David Duchovny scaled back his role, than some outraged fans tagged Patrick as a usurping alien himself. The steely-eyed character actor (Terminator 2) knows he lucked out in getting the role, but he has a healthy respect for the X populi. "They're great, enthusiastic fans," he says diplomatically. "I'd like to tell them...
Just what would an alien landing in a swing state think if he or she picked up a newspaper? Every day, the same headlines: Gore Smashes Bush Social Security Plan! Bush Accuses Gore of "Scaring" Seniors Into Voting Booth! Gore Kisses Old People! Bush Loves Old People More Than Gore Does, Says Aide! Old People Rock, Declare Candidates! Our friendly Martian could be forgiven for assuming the American electorate is made up entirely of senior citizens...
Polls show the presidential race is tighter than Ted Kennedy's waistband, so perhaps it's time for less traditional methods of prognostication. The Weekly World News reports that the space alien who has chosen the winner correctly since 1992 has picked George W. Bush. Not all such scientific methods agree...
...couple of days later, the telephone rang, but it was the Democratic Reassurer. He said he had checked with people high up in the campaign and could say with absolute certainty that Al Gore is not a body shell inhabited by a human-speaking alien...
...other day who had no sense of humor. None. The chip was missing, as in an alien who cannot weep or fall in love. I tried to banter with him. He flat-lined. His face stared back in blank, serene incomprehension. For an instant I had a flash of Henny Youngman trying to get a laugh out of Eleanor Roosevelt...