{"id":19394,"date":"2018-03-13T10:32:38","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T15:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/?p=19394"},"modified":"2018-03-13T14:39:26","modified_gmt":"2018-03-13T19:39:26","slug":"z-o-m-b-i-e-s-fighting-intolerance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinclairclarion.com\/home\/tartan-news\/2018\/03\/13\/z-o-m-b-i-e-s-fighting-intolerance\/","title":{"rendered":"Z-O-M-B-I-E-S: Fighting Intolerance"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 \u00a0On Feb. 16, 2018, Disney Channel premiered their new original movie \u201cZ-O-M-B-I-E-S.\u201d The premise of the movie was much like the others, a romance story of a high school girl and boy that fall in love, and there\u2019s music in it. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0However, the actual movie itself was pretty surprising. I\u2019m a huge Disney fan, so of course I was excited for the movie. I had to admit, when I\u2019d seen the first trailer back in 2017, I hadn\u2019t thought much of it. The more trailers that came out, however, the better the movie seemed. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0The movie contains several musical numbers throughout the course of the hour and thirty-seven minutes, but they\u2019re evenly spaced and most of them fit with the movie, meaning that they aren\u2019t just random bursts of song unlike most musicals. The actual genre of the movie is listed as adventure and horror, which means there may not have been enough songs or random burst numbers to count as a musical. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"Screen\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cZ-O-M-B-I-E-S\u201d stars Milo Manheim, a newcomer making his first major debut in \u00a0television and film, as Zed, the main male zombie and one of the<\/span> deuteragonist<\/span> of the movie. He wants to create harmony between the humans and zombies and make them see that zombies are no different than humans. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Also starring is Meg Donnelly, from \u201cAmerican Housewife\u201d as Addison, the other <\/span>deuteragonist<\/span> and main female character. She is a cheerleader who just wants to fit in but falls in love with Zed and begins to help him on his path to changing their world. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0The main antagonist of the film is Bucky, played by Trevor Tordjman, Addison\u2019s cousin and the star cheerleader of Seabrook High. He is against any sort of change, especially anything having to do with zombies. He and the \u2018Aceys,\u2019 as they\u2019re nicknamed, set out on a path to destroy the change that the zombies are putting forth. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Zed joins the football team after an incident at a pep rally, and it angers Bucky who tried to ruin the day from the start. They hack the z-bands, which are the bracelets the zombies wear that keep them from going wild, and cause Zed and his two best friends to go wild and show the humans what kind of monster they really are. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Bucky remains an enemy for much of the movie until the end, where he decides to join the cheerleaders and the zombies at the cheer championships and decides they aren\u2019t so bad after all. The main source of his change is Zed\u2019s little sister Zoey, who has a heart for cheering and looks up to Bucky. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \"Screen\u00a0In the end, everyone comes together and unites in a block party style celebration, indicating that change has taken place. However, the fence between the two towns remain, a simple reminder that while things are changing, it will still take time for things to ever be fully equal. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Over the past few years, Disney has begun to use their massive platform as a voice for change. In late 2017, they had a character in a show called \u201cAndi Mack\u201d come out as gay, sparking one of the first main and recurring characters in a Disney show to be classified as LGBT. \u201cZ-O-M-B-I-E-S\u201d carried on the voice for change. In the movie, the characters keep mentioning how they\u2019re fighting against intolerance. Although one of the characters makes a joke that she \u201cfought hers by eliminating dairy,\u201d the movie handles it very well. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0The zombies in the movie represent any minority who feels discriminated against and the way that the humans react could be classified as racism. In the end, everyone comes together and change begins to take place.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0If Disney continues on this path, they could become a voice for change for children and young teens for years to come. With all that we are forced to face these days, sometimes television can be more efficient at teaching a child a lesson on intolerance, racism, gender equality, LGBT and other social issues than an adult is. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Kids love TV and will watch and listen to it more than they do any adult. They can learn lessons they need for life without even knowing they\u2019re doing it. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jeri Hensley<\/strong>
\nGraphic Designer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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