ENGL 4300Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: George A. Romero, Consumerism, Fourth Wall
19 Jan 2016
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These zombies do not eat flesh or brains. Reference to slavery in the west indies. Doesn"t have the sense of gore not half eaten bodies. Shopping mall place of entertainment and depicts a consumer culture. They take possession of the shopping mall when the bikers come in they feel the need to defend it. Structured image of consumerism stores are set up in an orderly manner. A domestic space within the mall their way of taking control; also acting as a shrine for the past. The spaces they create recreation of domestic spaces. The bikers representing how the world has no order now. Pregnant mimicking the possibility of a new/nuclear family. Clinging to class structure as they try on the fancy clothing. Mimicking the way the old society worked the dinner. Manikins confusion of being a zombie, represents consumer culture, uses them.
