  Tuesday, May 29, 2012  The Zombie Apocalypse  Ever since
George Romero's classic Dawn of the Dead came out in 1978,
America has been obsessed with zombies. This obsession has
reached a fever pitch lately, as evidenced by the success of
films such as 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later, the Resident Evil
series, Shaun of the Dead, and Zombieland. The zombie plague has
spread beyond film to infect other genres of entertainment. The
Resident Evil movies were based on a video game. Max Brook's
excellent novel World War Z brought zombies into the realm of
literature. Heck, there's even a Pride and Prejudice with
zombies in it now, or so I hear.  Why is America so hungry
(pardon the pun) for zombie-related entertainment? I believe
that it's because many Americans think they're living in their
own personal zombie apocalypses. Think about it. What are zombie
movies about? A small group of human survivors struggles against
hordes of mindless devourers and possibly also against the evil
government or corporate entities inv