I think it's also a fun, easy way to get into society again, because most people (especially in places like vancouver) just bypass each other, there is no connection (whereas a theme like this IS a connection), and everyone 'connects' these days online - it's not as daunting as nightclubs or bars, and most adults, I find, can't trick or treat on Halloween anymore, and dressing up at home is no fun, so this is reliving childhood in a way, I think.
Exactly! And what better way to break the ice among complete strangers than to all be playing up the same theme, for the purpose of nothing more than joining in. Be it a zombie walk, pillow fight, water fight or any other "flash mob" activity, the end result is the same.
There's also an element of catharsis- people gets so wound up over politics/environment/religion/sport/etc.- eveything is SERIOUS BUSINESS. to be able to take something scary and out of your control and just laugh at it, to become something that you fear, to flip the V at the suits staring at the parade... just venting some existential angst and having fun is its own purpose.
I dressed as a research scientist and totally accidentally put on the same set of Umbrella Corp. patches in the exact same placement as a group of a dozen strangers, who became my bodyguards. :D
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