Friday, May 28, 2010
Pop Culture Dead Again: Scenes from a Zombie March
Posted by Chris Davis on Fri, May 28, 2010 at 11:15 PM
Once a year people dress up like zombies and take a walk down Main Street for no apparent reason Here's a taste of the Memphis Zombie March 2010.
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We were so excited about this event ... until we arrived! It was very unorganized and dorky! Sorry guys but this was a very lame event... we left and ended up at Incredible Pizza!
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dislikeThe un-dorky zombie march is held on Labor day. Nobody dresses up but there's a lot of organization.
I wish to state for the record that although one of my patients left their blood upon me, I did not inhale...I mean, I was never zombified.
That you would marginalize me as the "Improve comic guy zombie" only reveals your zombie media bias.
If you think you can do better, mzhussein, go ahead and offer your services. I'm sure you've done this tons of times before...
I wasn't aware that zombies were ever very highly organized? And besides that, YOU showed up at it, so calling the event dorky is self-inditing.
it was fun! Those of you who are crticizing the zombie horde better protect your braaaaiiiiinnnss
i had a lot of fun! I went last year, this year, and most likely i will go next year.
Oh, hell yes! Someone FINALLY has the courage to tell those stupid zombie hordes how dorky and unorganized they are! The undead of Memphis need to get serious and coordinate their slaughter/dismember/devour/zombify paradigm in order to maximize core competency, synergy, and bloodshed. All that random lurching and drooling is just bad form.
I'm sure you had lots of scripted, scheduled fun at Incredible Pizza. That sounds sooooo much cooler. Rock on!
I'm sure this was fun, but I'm with mzhussein. Give me the sterile, organized horror of a pizza franchise packed with Croc-wearing, dead-on-the-inside zombies. Way scarier.
It was our first year there, it seemed organized enough. Did our own zombie get up, definitely not the best ones there, but it was fun. I can only guess you weren't zombies, don't think they'd serve pizza to zombies. Coulda stuck around, there several zombie pizza delivery people there two ladies from Domino's and a guy from Papa Johns. :) Not to Mention the Hand Burger lady. heh
Check out the zombie pics, looks good to me.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/mzm2010/
I love the zombie walk but think it is a bit anti-climactic. I know a Thriller dance was scheduled for the big finale on Beale Street but it was over before the majority of zombies arrived.
I've always understood this to be a Dada event: it is what it becomes. Which leads me to believe that those left unfulfilled didn't bring what they needed for a personal climax. The absence of purpose and too much structure or vending is a net positive I think. My only gripe is that this hasn't been tied in some way to that nightmarish day in 1877 when thousands of snakes fell from the sky over Memphis.
http://www.prairieghosts.com/falls_sky.htm…
I agree that Downtown could participate more. A lot of zombies show up with decomposeable income. And a lot more might show up if there was even more of an incentive. Although I can't imagine what more incentive most of the current zombies require than the opportunity to dehumanize and act an undead fool.
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You know. I'm a zombie. But I don't play the Death Card to get ahead in my career. I keep my clothes clean of dripping viscera. I sleep in a fridge to control the rotting. I walk upright and speak without wailing or wheezing. I'm not trying to "act Alive" or sell out. I'm me. And I'm an American .... and I, um, want to make a breakfast burrito out of your medulla oblongata. Nyum, nyum, nyum, gurgle.
They weren't organized? They must have worked for the Commercial Appeal.
Stick a straw in my head, I'm done.
We'll have more of a climactic ending next year, I promise. We are already working on it. Making it more organized..? Well, we went from the usual 300 folks to nearly 1500 participating, so it was rushed a little in some areas, yes, but...our zombies were still slow moving to keep with Romero standards. I'd like to think that the seven organizers of us did quite well. Don't forget that we try to keep an element of surprise for the unsuspecting tourists, too. We can't advertise to the mainstream for months in advance and then freak out visitors to Memphis/Beale St. It's one way or the other. Now, for one last bit of shameless self-promotion, if you want a solid reason for zombies to exist...I wrote a novel years back called, HOLD that you can buy on Amazon. It may satisfy you. Then again, it may not satisfy you because I didn't promote it to the mainstream either.
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