Finally, a class that covers the important stuff
I totally would have taken this class when I was in college.
Though I think I would have preferred one on vampires. (You know, "real" vampires and vampire lore. Not the pasty, waif-y, sparkly stuff that's going on now.)
My alma mater, Bowling Green State University, has one of the only Pop Culture departments in the country. The library has a Pop Cult floor (4th floor, iirc). As a RTVF (Radio/TV/Film) major, I was able to squeeze a pop cult class in here and there, and this class would totally have been on my radar.
The downside to that is that zombie movies freak me the heck out. Even a movie like Sean of the Dead gave me the heebee jeebeez. See, silhouettes coming to get me, breaking through windows, and UNLOCKING DOORS (ala "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid") is something my imagination runs away with. *shudder*
But it would have been awesome. (Particularly since, the first time I saw Night of the Living Dead, my first question to Geo was, "When was this made? What was going on in the world? 'Cause I'm seeing a lot of socio-political analogy going on here.")
(I also wonder if they'll touch at all upon real zombies, humans who are poisoned with something akin to puffer fish venom and turned into the "walking dead." But that sounds like it's beyond the purview of this particular course.)
The closest I came to something like this was the horror section of my "Film and Pop Culture" class, which was really interesting. I kinda wish I could revisit that class now.
Though I think I would have preferred one on vampires. (You know, "real" vampires and vampire lore. Not the pasty, waif-y, sparkly stuff that's going on now.)
My alma mater, Bowling Green State University, has one of the only Pop Culture departments in the country. The library has a Pop Cult floor (4th floor, iirc). As a RTVF (Radio/TV/Film) major, I was able to squeeze a pop cult class in here and there, and this class would totally have been on my radar.
The downside to that is that zombie movies freak me the heck out. Even a movie like Sean of the Dead gave me the heebee jeebeez. See, silhouettes coming to get me, breaking through windows, and UNLOCKING DOORS (ala "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid") is something my imagination runs away with. *shudder*
But it would have been awesome. (Particularly since, the first time I saw Night of the Living Dead, my first question to Geo was, "When was this made? What was going on in the world? 'Cause I'm seeing a lot of socio-political analogy going on here.")
(I also wonder if they'll touch at all upon real zombies, humans who are poisoned with something akin to puffer fish venom and turned into the "walking dead." But that sounds like it's beyond the purview of this particular course.)
The closest I came to something like this was the horror section of my "Film and Pop Culture" class, which was really interesting. I kinda wish I could revisit that class now.