What's the deal with the protestors dressing up as zombies??

[madinmaryland]

TIA.

[Cronus Protagonist]

1. It's Halloween

Did I really need to tell you that? ;p

[Orrex]

2. World Zombie Day is October 8th

Shame on you for not knowing that.


Shame.


http://www.worldzombieday.org/

[madinmaryland]

4. D'oh. I was still celebrating Speak Like a Pirate Day.

[Xicano]

3. Its art and theater for imitating the money zombies on wall street

n/t

[madinmaryland]

5. "money zombies"

I must really be dense today.

:shrug:

[Fozzledick]

6. My understanding is that they're corporate zombies.

[bananas]

7. "corporate zombies," a symbol of Wall Street's soullessness

The Village Voice newspaper tracked down the man responsible for "corporate zombies":

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/10/occupy_wall_street_zombies.php

On the 17th Day, Zombies Hit Occupy Wall Street
By Ari Lipsitz Mon., Oct. 3 2011 at 7:25 PM


Mercury Cloud, mastermind of "corporate zombies."

​This morning, when protesters at Occupy Wall Street awoke, word spread that the daily march was going to be different. With Monopoly money in their mouths and wearing suits, protesters were to become "corporate zombies," a symbol of Wall Street's soullessness. Out of the estimated 500 marchers, about a fifth of them came decked out in zombie makeup. This decidedly lighthearted approach came after the pretty heavy events of last weekend, with 700 protestors arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge and stories trickling out about being stuck in MTA buses until 3:30 a.m.

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​Today's protests had zombie makeup involved, the result of an Arts and Culture working group meeting yesterday. We tracked down the man responsible for "corporate zombies." Giving his name as "Mercury Cloud" (but introducing himself to a fellow protestor as "Oliver"), he helped an estimated 100 protestors into zombie makeup for the march at noon.

"There was an idea that we need to do some visuals that counteract all the police images that are in the media," Cloud explained, "to come up with fun, playful images -- performance art, so to speak." Mercury Cloud describes himself as an artist, but had never attempted anything on the scale of today's zombie protest. He wanted to "give this protest visual energy," and is currently contacting artists for more eye-catching projects like today's zombie protest.

​We also talked to a zombie aficionado Matt, who walked away before we could get his last name. "Zombies have been used throughout history to point out poignant sociopolitical issues we have in this society," he explained. "The guy who started zombie movies in general, George A. Romero, all of his movies have been sociopolitical commentary ranging from sexism and racism in the '50s, commercialism in the '60s and '70s with Dawn of the Dead, then right up to imperialism and military escalation with Day of the Dead. So I think it's really poignant to me, although people maybe see it as a little bit silly."

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[Riftaxe]

8. Probably earning a couple bucks shilling

for the Walking Dead premiere later this month. Or they might just be a bit different in the head then others.

[bananas]

9. "dress in business wear with white faces and blood, and will march while eating monopoly money"

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2096000,00.html

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Patrick Bruner, a spokesman for the group, says Occupy Wall Street demonstrators are being urged to dress in business wear with white faces and blood, and will march while eating monopoly money. He says financial workers should see them "reflecting the metaphor of their actions."

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[Mnemosyne]

10. It's just perfect. :) n/t