Zombie movies as an allegory.
Last night I had a pizza and beer induced dream, a dream of zombies. I was in a crowd of people when one of them became a zombie and began infecting everyone around him. I as well as a few others were unaffected and this made the flesh hungry beasts turn on us and attack. Some people were devoured while others became infected through bites and joined the ranks of the walking dead. I was running, seeking shelter, a horde of zombies at my back when I reached a wall. Somehow I climbed to the top of it, hoping to escape but on the other side, what did I see? Yes, more zombies. As I stood up high on the wall and looked around I realized that I was between two parking lots, both lots being full of nasties. On one side was a Home Depot and on the other, a Wal-Mart. It was about that point in the dream that the wall began to crumble and I fell into a sea of claws and teeth. I woke with that,' gotta pee but don't want to get out of bed', feeling also, I really didn't want to be attacked by zombies that were most likely camping outside of my bedroom door. As usual, peeing won over paranoia and it was off to tinkle. I think that men get there best ideas while in the bathroom and while wavering to and fro in a eyes half opened, try not to hit the lid, kind of daze. I realized the meaning of my dream. I think zombie movies are an allegory for big box, super stores. Look at how they work, go to a Wal-Mart or a Home Depot sometime. All the people wandering around, not thinking, just purchasing. They spread these stores across the country and devour their competition. Sure some people fight back but you have to be two steps ahead to survive and most just succumb to their eventual demise. I know what you are thinking, that zombie movies have been around for much longer than these big box stores have, well, that is why it is an allegory. George A. Romero was trying to warn us about the upcoming onslaught of low grade fashion at somewhat reasonable prices. "Come to our store, find everything you need, depend on us and soon we will own you". It is the corporate model of all these stores. Okay maybe it I am wrong and it is an allegory for conformity and the fight against being one of the slow moving morons that are about 90% of the planets population. That could be as well. I don't know, I'm not Freud. One thing I do know is this. I can handle zombies, those I can fight but corporations, now they scare me.
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The funny part about this is the fact that people look at me strangely when I try to explain to them how much I hate Wal-Mart and it's ilk. Other than the obvious corporate evil it should be hated for, there's also the lesser evils. Things like crazy bargain shoppers, mothers completely ignoring their un-medicated ADHD kids, insane drivers trying to get there, and that equal opportunity hire person that I inevitably get when I need help finding something obscure.
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