Trauma Rehearsal: How zombie movies prepared us for a post-apocalyptic scenario under Trump
By Christopher Lockett, Associate Professor, English, Memorial University of Newfoundland One year ago, some witnesses to the assault on the Capitol building in Washington DC, referenced zombies when describing the mayhem as the mob of Donald Trump supporters broke into the building and innocent people sought safety. “It was like something out of a zombie movie,” recalled a photographer who was at the scene, speaking of seeing hordes of rioters. Similarly, U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said it “almost felt like a zombie movie” as she described hiding and seeking shelter. In the 20 years that zombie apocalypse narratives have...
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