Dead 4 Left?
"While one can certainly use zombies to express all kinds of ideas, I would argue that at heart, the genre is a progressive one...Surviving the tide of zombies requires community and mutual responsibility. What could be more progressive than that?" In The American Prospect, Paul Waldman ruminates on the political economy of zombie flicks. It is true, we on the Left tend to be more interested in braaaains... (Via FmH.)
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I wish I could find a short bit I read many moons ago, about how creature features (including zombies) are inherently liberal (people work together against an indifferent foe) and slasher flicks are conservative (a "lone wolf" strikes back against an enemy who deliberately pursues the unrighteous).