Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Zombies Make a Comeback in Our Popular Culture

Today I wanted to just leave a quick entry. Grading papers and trying to write high quality posts is taking up a lot of time. I found this essay to be really interesting. It's a different take on the zombie zeitgeist.

[caption id="attachment_265" align="alignleft" width="189" caption="original poster for Night of the living Dead. Image is public Domain."][/caption]Zombies Make a Comeback in Our Popular Culture
Zombies seem to be all over the place now. They have taken over the spot as the top monster in our popular culture. It used to be that Frankenstein was the favorite. The vampires have risen
in popularity too, but they have always been in the forefront of literature and movies.

But nowadays, you can't seem to go anywhere without stumbling into a zombie or two. There's, of course, Rob Zombie. There are new movies out about zombies, and I'm sure that the toys will be coming soon. A popular novel tells the story of one particular zombie who moves back in with his parents and faces a lot of ensuing problems. Full article

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