[Little Ray]

I think we use a “Zombie Apocalypse” because it is politically incorrect to use racial, ethnic, or political labels appropriate to the potential threats. Hence the generic Zombie Apocalypse instead of reds, blacks, hispanics, yellow hordes, etc.

Its funny how they’re “humanizing” zombies, too. Pretty soon it even a “Zombie Apocalypse” will be politically incorrect...

[eater-of-toast]

I think we use a “Zombie Apocalypse” because it is politically incorrect to use racial, ethnic, or political labels appropriate to the potential threats. Hence the generic Zombie Apocalypse instead of reds, blacks, hispanics, yellow hordes, etc.

No doubt there's something to the idea that national traumas inspire movies that sublimate them in some way or another. It's probably safe to say that the Japanese wouldn't have made post-WWII movies about monsters unleashed by nuclear explosions had we not (justly) dropped atomic bombs on them.

A number of people also see a racial inspiration for King Kong and alien invasion movies where the aliens target Los Angeles (ie they claim that in these movies space aliens stand in for Mexicans). These interesting theories have explanatory value, as any good theory must, but I don't find their suppositions provable. And I find that left-wingers, especially in academe, harp on them much too much, especially in the nearly useless "cultural studies" departments (when they aren't doing Marxist deconstructions of soup can labels).

Its funny how they’re “humanizing” zombies, too. Pretty soon it even a “Zombie Apocalypse” will be politically incorrect...

Perhaps soon we'll see a remake of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? with a zombie in place of Sidney Poitier. LOL