Santa Clarita the Changing City of Zombies
Santa Clarita Diet has been a popular show for the past year it came out last March since it was released its been a popular show on Netflix. The show was a comedy with a twist of horror in it however I didn’t like how some of the things in the show were betrayed. In the show the mother was the only one with the disease that turned her into a flesh eating human, if she bit someone then they would get the disease and that’s how it was spread but it wasn’t a known thing people couldn’t tell that she was a zombie they just thought she was an everyday average woman. In my adaptation I am going to change it so they are all zombies but they think that they are the only ones with the disease so they try and hide it from everyone else. This deals with social class and how everyone is just trying to fit in and be “normal” but in society there is no set normal everyone is different in their own ways and that’s what makes us individual. I did research on the fear of being an other in society and the fear and impact zombies have on the population. My adaptation will address these changes in society that have changed everyone for the worst.
Annotated Bibliography
“Santa Clarita Diet is About More Than a Flesh-Eating Relator, Says Drew Barrymore”
This article focuses on how in society today people are all afraid to be different but yet we’re all struggling with the same thing in life. We all want to make a good living and live a good life but we’re constantly fighting the battle of fitting in in society. Drew Barrymore states “I like seeing a show about a surviving team and family,” said Barrymore, who is a mother of two herself. “We’re in a decaying society of people not being able to make it work, so this show offers some optimism.” (Shoen). In my adaptation I’m changing it so that everyone is going through the same thing everyone turns into a zombie and they are all dealing with the same thing no one will feel out of place and they will learn to come together.
“Santa Clarita Diet Owes Its Daring Horror-Comedy to Its Dreadfully Sunny Production Design”
This article points out all the little things in society they everyone is worrying about they are all worrying about fitting in with each other and being normal so they aren’t left out and looked st funny. In this article they talk about the perfect family trying too just live the American Dream in a small neighborhood but things aren’t as easy as they seem. Critic Jacob Oller states that “And that suburban dream mocks the horrifying imperfection underneath.” (Oller). I agree with Oller on his critique and it will drive my adaption further to show that everything isn’t always how it looks. People are all going through the same thing and that’s what I’m going to prove in my adaption that sometimes what people thinks is the dream life isn’t always what it seems.
“In Netflix’s Santa Clarita Diet, zombies are the political activists America needs”
The Verge states that this show is looking at politics and how in their perfect world and in their tiny neighborhood nothing else matters everyone is nice to each other but it’s more fake than it is real. Everyone just wants to fit in so they act friendly but yet many things are going on behind the scenes. Critic Noah Berlatsky writes that “Everyone deserves love, even zombies.” Sheila has, as Joel notes several times, a “medical condition”; she’s disabled and different in ways that are sometimes frightening and disgusting on the surface.” (Berlatsky). Shows that no matter who you are and what’s different about you we all have the same morals and all want the same things. In my adaptation I’m going to make it so they all work together towards their goals because we are all the same and we need to put the social norm behind us and focus on what really matters.
“Explained: Why We Don't Like Change”
This article digs deep into what change really is and how it can effect and scare people various different ways. Change is scary to people because it brings them out of their comfort zone and into a new place where they aren’t comfortable with yet. However change is good for people it opens your eyes to many new things in the world that you would’ve never experienced. Critic Heidi Grant Halvorson states “It's not just that people fear change, though they undoubtedly do. It's also that they genuinely believe (often on an unconscious level) that when you've been doing something a particular way for some time, it must be a good way to do things. And the longer you've been doing it that way, the better it is.” (Halvorson). In my adaption I’m going to show that they are all the same so regardless of the changes they are all going through they are all in it together so they can overcome anything. Regardless how uncomfortable change might be it’s good for you. With this research I am going to show that everyone can go through change no matter how big or small it is.
“Living as a Zombie in Media is the Only Way to Survive” *
This academic article focuses on how in today’s world everyone is a zombie now, we are all so dependent on our phones we look lost without them. Everyone has to be on social media bragging about what they have or trying to act like someone they’re not.
“Yet at the same time, living in media extends our senses and enhances our abilities to connect with others, to see ourselves and each other, and to manage the growing social complexity of our world. In this regard, the zombie concept helps us to appreciate the boundaryless and viral nature of human bonds. Additionally, because the zombie concept recognizes the indivisibility of the living and the dead, it can be used to articulate the increasing integration of our lives (and bodies) with technology and media.” (Deuze).
In my adaptation the show Santa Clarita Diet they focus on how life as a zombie changes you and it separates you, it shows the struggles that she goes through everyday living so much differently then everyone else. I’m going to show how zombies are just like the population in today’s world and how everyone is so self consumed with social media today.
“Zombie media: transmission, reproduction, and the digital dead” *
In this article it explains the behavior of zombies and how they are different. They are shown various ways in different types of movies mostly as the bad guys though.
“The Media Zombie. The weaving together of media and bodily metaphors is most evident in those zombie films influenced by the works of George Romero. It becomes clear particularly at those moments where the boundaries between the human and the zombie are challenged: when human characters lose the capacity for verbal and gestural communication or zombies flicker with the remnants of human understanding.” (Cameron).
I’m using this as inspiration to drive by adaptation on how everyone is going to be the same they are all going to be zombies and therefor all live the same lifestyle. There won’t be a different type of person people refer to as a zombie they will all be the same.
Works Cited
Deuze, Mark. "Living as a Zombie in Media is the Only Way to Survive." Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, vol. 25, no. 2-3, 2014, p. 278+. General OneFile, https://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A511784462/GPS?u=maine&sid=GPS&xid=6febea2c. Accessed 10 Dec. 2018.
Cameron, Allan. "Zombie media: transmission, reproduction, and the digital dead." Cinema Journal, vol. 52, no. 1, 2012, p. 66+. Business Collection, https://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A307670717/GPS?u=maine&sid=GPS&xid=9b6249de. Accessed 10 Dec. 2018.
Shoen, Sarah. “Santa Clarita Diet Is About More Than a Flesh-Eating Realtor, Says Drew Barrymore.” The Hive, Vanity Fair, 20 Mar. 2018, www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/03/drew-barrymore-santa-clarita-diet-interview-92nd-street-y.
Brennan, Matt, et al. “Santa Clarita Diet Owes Its Daring Horror-Comedy to Its Dreadfully Sunny Production Design.” Pastemagazine.com, www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/03/netflix-santa-clarita-diet-production-design-zombi.html.
Berlatsky, Noah. “In Netflix's Santa Clarita Diet, Zombies Are the Political Activists America Needs.” The Verge, The Verge, 22 Mar. 2018, www.theverge.com/2018/3/22/17152920/santa-clarita-diet-netflix-drew-barrymore-politics-zombie-timothy-olyphant.
Halvorson, Heidi Grant. “Explained: Why We Don't Like Change.” HuffPost, HuffPost, 5 Nov. 2011, www.huffpost.com/entry/why-we-dont-like-change_b_1072702.
Santa Clarita Diet has been a popular show for the past year it came out last March since it was released its been a popular show on Netflix. The show was a comedy with a twist of horror in it however I didn’t like how some of the things in the show were betrayed. In the show the mother was the only one with the disease that turned her into a flesh eating human, if she bit someone then they would get the disease and that’s how it was spread but it wasn’t a known thing people couldn’t tell that she was a zombie they just thought she was an everyday average woman. In my adaptation I am going to change it so they are all zombies but they think that they are the only ones with the disease so they try and hide it from everyone else. This deals with social class and how everyone is just trying to fit in and be “normal” but in society there is no set normal everyone is different in their own ways and that’s what makes us individual. I did research on the fear of being an other in society and the fear and impact zombies have on the population. My adaptation will address these changes in society that have changed everyone for the worst.
Annotated Bibliography
“Santa Clarita Diet is About More Than a Flesh-Eating Relator, Says Drew Barrymore”
This article focuses on how in society today people are all afraid to be different but yet we’re all struggling with the same thing in life. We all want to make a good living and live a good life but we’re constantly fighting the battle of fitting in in society. Drew Barrymore states “I like seeing a show about a surviving team and family,” said Barrymore, who is a mother of two herself. “We’re in a decaying society of people not being able to make it work, so this show offers some optimism.” (Shoen). In my adaptation I’m changing it so that everyone is going through the same thing everyone turns into a zombie and they are all dealing with the same thing no one will feel out of place and they will learn to come together.
“Santa Clarita Diet Owes Its Daring Horror-Comedy to Its Dreadfully Sunny Production Design”
This article points out all the little things in society they everyone is worrying about they are all worrying about fitting in with each other and being normal so they aren’t left out and looked st funny. In this article they talk about the perfect family trying too just live the American Dream in a small neighborhood but things aren’t as easy as they seem. Critic Jacob Oller states that “And that suburban dream mocks the horrifying imperfection underneath.” (Oller). I agree with Oller on his critique and it will drive my adaption further to show that everything isn’t always how it looks. People are all going through the same thing and that’s what I’m going to prove in my adaption that sometimes what people thinks is the dream life isn’t always what it seems.
“In Netflix’s Santa Clarita Diet, zombies are the political activists America needs”
The Verge states that this show is looking at politics and how in their perfect world and in their tiny neighborhood nothing else matters everyone is nice to each other but it’s more fake than it is real. Everyone just wants to fit in so they act friendly but yet many things are going on behind the scenes. Critic Noah Berlatsky writes that “Everyone deserves love, even zombies.” Sheila has, as Joel notes several times, a “medical condition”; she’s disabled and different in ways that are sometimes frightening and disgusting on the surface.” (Berlatsky). Shows that no matter who you are and what’s different about you we all have the same morals and all want the same things. In my adaptation I’m going to make it so they all work together towards their goals because we are all the same and we need to put the social norm behind us and focus on what really matters.
“Explained: Why We Don't Like Change”
This article digs deep into what change really is and how it can effect and scare people various different ways. Change is scary to people because it brings them out of their comfort zone and into a new place where they aren’t comfortable with yet. However change is good for people it opens your eyes to many new things in the world that you would’ve never experienced. Critic Heidi Grant Halvorson states “It's not just that people fear change, though they undoubtedly do. It's also that they genuinely believe (often on an unconscious level) that when you've been doing something a particular way for some time, it must be a good way to do things. And the longer you've been doing it that way, the better it is.” (Halvorson). In my adaption I’m going to show that they are all the same so regardless of the changes they are all going through they are all in it together so they can overcome anything. Regardless how uncomfortable change might be it’s good for you. With this research I am going to show that everyone can go through change no matter how big or small it is.
“Living as a Zombie in Media is the Only Way to Survive” *
This academic article focuses on how in today’s world everyone is a zombie now, we are all so dependent on our phones we look lost without them. Everyone has to be on social media bragging about what they have or trying to act like someone they’re not.
“Yet at the same time, living in media extends our senses and enhances our abilities to connect with others, to see ourselves and each other, and to manage the growing social complexity of our world. In this regard, the zombie concept helps us to appreciate the boundaryless and viral nature of human bonds. Additionally, because the zombie concept recognizes the indivisibility of the living and the dead, it can be used to articulate the increasing integration of our lives (and bodies) with technology and media.” (Deuze).
In my adaptation the show Santa Clarita Diet they focus on how life as a zombie changes you and it separates you, it shows the struggles that she goes through everyday living so much differently then everyone else. I’m going to show how zombies are just like the population in today’s world and how everyone is so self consumed with social media today.
“Zombie media: transmission, reproduction, and the digital dead” *
In this article it explains the behavior of zombies and how they are different. They are shown various ways in different types of movies mostly as the bad guys though.
“The Media Zombie. The weaving together of media and bodily metaphors is most evident in those zombie films influenced by the works of George Romero. It becomes clear particularly at those moments where the boundaries between the human and the zombie are challenged: when human characters lose the capacity for verbal and gestural communication or zombies flicker with the remnants of human understanding.” (Cameron).
I’m using this as inspiration to drive by adaptation on how everyone is going to be the same they are all going to be zombies and therefor all live the same lifestyle. There won’t be a different type of person people refer to as a zombie they will all be the same.
Works Cited
Deuze, Mark. "Living as a Zombie in Media is the Only Way to Survive." Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, vol. 25, no. 2-3, 2014, p. 278+. General OneFile, https://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A511784462/GPS?u=maine&sid=GPS&xid=6febea2c. Accessed 10 Dec. 2018.
Cameron, Allan. "Zombie media: transmission, reproduction, and the digital dead." Cinema Journal, vol. 52, no. 1, 2012, p. 66+. Business Collection, https://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A307670717/GPS?u=maine&sid=GPS&xid=9b6249de. Accessed 10 Dec. 2018.
Shoen, Sarah. “Santa Clarita Diet Is About More Than a Flesh-Eating Realtor, Says Drew Barrymore.” The Hive, Vanity Fair, 20 Mar. 2018, www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/03/drew-barrymore-santa-clarita-diet-interview-92nd-street-y.
Brennan, Matt, et al. “Santa Clarita Diet Owes Its Daring Horror-Comedy to Its Dreadfully Sunny Production Design.” Pastemagazine.com, www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/03/netflix-santa-clarita-diet-production-design-zombi.html.
Berlatsky, Noah. “In Netflix's Santa Clarita Diet, Zombies Are the Political Activists America Needs.” The Verge, The Verge, 22 Mar. 2018, www.theverge.com/2018/3/22/17152920/santa-clarita-diet-netflix-drew-barrymore-politics-zombie-timothy-olyphant.
Halvorson, Heidi Grant. “Explained: Why We Don't Like Change.” HuffPost, HuffPost, 5 Nov. 2011, www.huffpost.com/entry/why-we-dont-like-change_b_1072702.