Source: Brownstone Institute
by Daniel Nuccio
“A little more than a year ago, I remember sitting on a Zoom meeting with several writers when the topic of zombies came up in conversation. Apparently there are people who actually fear that zombies may one day become a thing, someone noted. Not just culturally but an actual thing like squirrels or E. coli or business-casual sports bras. At the time I was somewhat dumbfounded (although in retrospect I think I may have met some of these people). My response was that this is absurd. Zombies can’t be a thing – at least not biologically. … Yet, despite the many flaws with the basic concept of zombies, one shouldn’t throw the undead baby out with the bathwater in which it drowned. Even though their primary attraction can’t exist, zombie films and TV shows actually can have a lot to say.” (10/29/24)
https://brownstone.org/articles/lessons-from-the-zombie-genre/