From Today's NYTimes
“You walk the mall and consumers look like zombies,” said Mr. Morris of Wachovia, after visiting a mall last week. “They’re there in person, but not in spirit.”
posted by KPaffenroth at
9:32 AM
Friday, November 07, 2008
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I am a professor of religious studies, and the author of several books on the Bible and theology. I grew up in New York, Virginia, and New Mexico. I attended St. John's College, Annapolis, MD (BA, 1988), Harvard Divinity School (MTS, 1990), and the University of Notre Dame (PhD, 1995). I live in upstate New York with my wife and two wonderful kids. Starting in 2006, I had one of those strange midlife things, and turned my analysis towards horror films and literature. I have written Gospel of the Living Dead: George Romero's Visions of Hell on Earth (Baylor, 2006) - WINNER, 2006 Bram Stoker Award; Dying to Live: A Novel of Life among the Undead (Permuted Press, 2007); Orpheus and the Pearl(Magus Press, 2008); and Dying to Live: Life Sentence(Permuted Press, 2008).
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3 Comments:
So, it only took the New York Times 20 years to realize the truth of the film? Is Romero being too subtle?
Well, the comparison is from the banking bloviator. So yes, I'm sure the subtlty was wasted on those too busy making money and consuming to think about what the hell we do with our lives as we wait to die.
Hello, I recently found your blog when I was looking for your book "Gospel of the Living Dead." I am doing research on the apocalypse (and Revelation) and have a section specifically devoted to Zombies. Its nice to see I'm not the only one obsessed with the living dead.
"Shaun of the Dead" has a great scene as part of the beginning credits that shows the zombie-fication of modern society; how people stumble and moan through their monotonous consumer based lives.
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