Me, once again asking for an outlet to pay a Black historian to write about zombiefication from a Black perspective.
When zombies were scary because it was slaves telling stories about how you could be forced to work FOREVER. And not even death could save you.
NEWS: Jim Fagan was the voice of the NBA on NBC's promos during the 90s. He passed away in 2019.
Using AI, he will be heard once again as the NBA on NBC returns next season.
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NBC to use AI to recreate Jim Fagan's voice-over for NBA coverage
May 6, 2025 21:48Sorry had to redo. Typos and stuff
And again, this isn't a diss to George Romero or walking dead type zombies
But being intentionally zombified because you are an amazing workhorse and you'll never be free or know rest again is a very different type of zombie
Someone tell Ryan Coogler to DM me 😂
I instantly thought of the end of Shaun of the Dead where the zombies were chained to work their old jobs forever.
When I told family members that I wanted to be cremated after my death, the only thing that broke through the taboo was my desire to not be called back. I don't have a firm belief or disbelief about this, but everyone related very clearly to my wish in that regard.
I mean to remain at rest.
We already know the story!
If I recall correctly, the original White Xombi / Zombie (late 1920s) was about this kind of zombism.
Anthropologist Wade Davis’ text “The Serpent Rainbow” became the basis for the 1988 movie of the same name. The movie is decent, but the book was a subject of debate in my 1990s anthro classes.
Even a decade later, Davis’ work was being contested, but Wes Craven saw some potential there. Too bad he didn’t take the ideas further and expand on the scope of them.
Oh my god, WOW, I had no idea about that!
OK, that's fucking scary as shit.
Yeah. Zombies weren't originally mindless brain eaters or whatever. They were slaves who were condemned to work forever.
Zora Neale Hurston already did it.
www.litpubcrawl.com/thescrape/zo...
Zombies & Hoodoo & Zora Neale Hurston — Lit Pub Crawl
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