Why Zombies Rule
But when a writer or producer paints a zombie's blank slate, it can represent such different cultural fears as:
- the loss of individuality due to the homogeneity of global consumerism.
- the mind-numbing, repetitive, stultifying effects of everyday work life.
- the planet's destruction due to the mindless overconsumption of its resources.
- the eradication of the human race through an unstoppable, global, viral pandemic.
- the mind-numbing, repetitive, stultifying effects of everyday work life.
- the planet's destruction due to the mindless overconsumption of its resources.
- the eradication of the human race through an unstoppable, global, viral pandemic.
"Though inarticulate, the zombie speaks to us by raising the spectre of our anxieties, and providing us with the opportunity to shoot those anxieties in the head," Ulrich said.
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