"The Post-Modern Prometheus" is the fifth episode of the fifth season of
the American science fiction television series The X-Files, originally
airing on the Fox network on November 30, 1997. It was written and
directed by series creator Chris Carter. The story follows FBI agents
Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) as they
investigate a creature called "The Great Mutato" that has impregnated a
middle-aged woman; it turns out to be the genetic creation of a
Frankenstein-like doctor. The creature is first ostracized and then
accepted by his community. Carter's story draws heavily on Mary
Shelley's Frankenstein (subtitled The Modern Prometheus) and
particularly on James Whale's 1931 film version of the story. The
episode was filmed in black and white, with a sky backdrop imitating the
style of old Frankenstein films. Talk-show host Jerry Springer appeared
as himself, and Chris Owens played The Great Mutato. Many critics
praised the episode; some even called it a "classic". It was nominated
for seven awards at the 1998 Emmys, winning one.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Post-Modern_Prometheus>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1700:
Great Northern War: Swedish forces led by King Charles XII
defeated the Russian army of Tsar Peter the Great at the Battle of
Narva.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Narva_(1700)>
1864:
American Civil War: The Confederate States Army suffered its
worst disaster of the war as the Army of Tennessee conducted numerous
unsuccessful frontal assaults against fortified positions at Franklin,
Tennessee.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Franklin_(1864)>
1934:
The steam locomotive Flying Scotsman became the first to
officially exceed 100 miles per hour (161 km/h).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNER_Class_A3_4472_Flying_Scotsman>
1942:
World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy warships defeated United
States Navy forces during a nighttime naval battle near the Tassafaronga
area on Guadalcanal.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tassafaronga>
1982:
Michael Jackson's Thriller, the best-selling album of all time,
was released.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_(Michael_Jackson_album)>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
gardyloo:
(Scotland, obsolete) Used by servants in medieval Scotland to warn
passers-by of waste about to be thrown from a window into the street
below. The term was still in use as late the 1930s and 1940s, when many
people had no indoor toilets.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gardyloo>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
If you will not fight for the right when you can easily win
without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure
and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to
fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of
survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when
there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live
as slaves.
--Winston Churchill
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill>