Cancer Man

[RICHARD ROMEO]

Seeing it's 11/22, and having just read Libra (which I found much more 
entertaining than White Noise), notice how Cancer Man in X-Files is the 
lone gunman unlike in Libra where Oswald was involved but there was those 
anti-Castro hitmen, grassy-knoll, etc.  Also Cancer Man's history reminds 
me so much of Pirate, working for them, trying to believe in what he's 
doing, eventually disillusioned, a failed writer, writing stories based 
on true events, which no one beleives, published in some skin mag, goes 
back to smoking, and working for them, who he probably now hates and is 
the originator of the X-Files in a way.  I particularly loved his comment 
about keeping the Buffalo Bills from winning the SuperBowl. (everything's 
connected-wonder if Jim Kelly was watching). He is what lay beneath 
Mulder's obsessions and America's as well, so he sorta takes on other 
aspects of the Rocket.  Just babbling here.



Richard Romeo

Coordinator of Cooperating Collections

The Foundation Center-NYC

212-807-2417

rromeo at fdncenter.org