[lbo-talk] On the Zombie Apocalypse

[Andy]

On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 12:19 PM, Ferenc Molnar
<ferenc_molnar at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> It's fascinating and, I think, a generational obsession. Not necessarily the "zombie apocalypse" but the zombie meme itself. I think the cut off point is people below the age of thirty or so. It's positive antonym might be the super-hero meme... young people identifying as super-heroes, wearing tights, homemade super-hero outfits. It's both ironic and serious. I'm not sure if I get either the zombie stuff or the super-hero stuff but I like them both.

You mean older people identify with zombies?  Ha ha, says the guy in his 40s.

Somebody suggested that zombies are the "regular guys" of the undead
to the haughty rock stars that vampires play.  Vampires seem to have
been popular for longer but at a lower intensity -- I don't remember
them being so big in the 80s.  Both seem to be a constant presence
now.

-- 
Andy