![]() However, it never addresses that it’s Addison’s privilege of being a human that allows her to be kind and accept others. It’s through this issue that the movie attempts to construct a complex conflict regarding race. While Zed is content with being the model minority in comparison to the Werewolves, his girlfriend, Addison, instead accepts them for who they are and sees that their differences are special. He attempts to teach the Werewolves manners and the “human” way of doing things. While they may be wild and “savage,” the Zombies are civil, and would never hurt anyone. Zed spends the movie trying to convince the people of Seabrook that Zombies are completely different from Werewolves. But as the Werewolves enter the picture, they threaten the unity he fought so hard to achieve. It’s here that Zed plays a different role, he has finally successfully convinced most humans of Seabrook that Zombies are not actually the dangerous monsters they thought they were. The group is clearly intended to represent Indigenous communities who have also had their land stolen from them. The second movie introduces a new race into the picture, Werewolves, who have had their land and materials stolen away from them by the settlers of Seabrook. While the first movie mainly revolves around football and equality, two words you wouldn’t think are related, the second movie complicates the simple narrative. The story starts with Zed, a Zombie, who is intent on merging the two communities of Zombies and Humans. But when it’s revealed that without their wristbands, Zombies become brain-hungry super-powered killing machines, unable to control their urges to eat human flesh, the metaphor for accepting others for their differences turns into something much more convoluted.īut somehow, in a series about Zombies that just want to play football, it manages to construct a surprisingly complex conflict of race, trying to be a model minority and having blonde hair. ![]() Zombies are meant to represent the minorities who have also been ostracized and separated from society. It seems to be a relatively simple race metaphor clearly intended for children. The Zombies (essentially just humans that just have green hair), want to integrate into normal society, instead of being segregated into their run-down “Zombietown.” But allow me to sum up its contents.įifty years ago, an incident involving a lime soda spill at the town of Seabrook’s power plant resulted in an explosion that transformed half of the town into Zombies. If you haven’t partaken in a viewing of the Zombie series (that somehow has three movies), feel grateful for not having to battle the conflicting emotions of witnessing pure camp awesomeness and horror at its plot and general themes. If you’ve ever watched Disney’s Z-O-M-B-I-E-S, you know it’s an amalgam of pastel colors, nonsensical musical numbers, poorly thought-out race metaphors, and pure unbridled genius. With its (or, perhaps, despite its) characteristic Disney high school charm, ZOMBIES tells a relatively nuanced tale.
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