Disney+ · 2018 · Movie
Zombies
A human school lets in zombie students, and a cheerleader and a zombie boy sing until the town claps.
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A prejudice metaphor done as a pep rally. The instinct is kind. The thinking is not.
Zed wears a Z-band that keeps him from being dangerous. Addison wears a wig that hides that she is different too. The town is afraid, the football team is the integration story, and the fear dissolves in a number. Children understand fairness quickly. They also understand, if you let them, that a real risk is not cured by a duet. This film does not let them.
A young teenager can watch it once without harm. Say the missing sentence yourself: welcome people, and keep the rules that protect the small. Both. The film only wants the first.
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If you talk about who belongs, talk about behavior and duty, not a costume and a crush.
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Industry
3/10
Football and cheer as the civic order.
Household
4/10
Parents as the fearful chorus. A teenage romance is the union.
Piety
2/10
Acceptance as the whole creed.
Courage
4/10
They risk embarrassment and a game.
Republic
5/10
A town deciding who may enroll. The decision is a musical.
Temperance
4/10
Fear is the excess, and so is the ease of the cure.
Truth
4/10
The differences are costumes for a message.
Stewardship
3/10
What is handed on is a feeling of being inclusive.
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