I was rereading “World War Z” and ran across something that was eerily prescient.
In the book, the explanation for ‘quislings’, people who pretend to be zombies, is that (to paraphrase): Some people can’t handle fight or flight situations, and will actually “go over to the other side”.
Which brought to mind some people who TRY to catch Covid because they “think” its better than the vaccine.
And, in reverse, I realized how optimistic - yes optimistic - the book was in terms of citizen response. In the book the idiots were clearly in the minority - or had much less extreme idiocies.
SO - have you read a book or seen a film that gave you a pandemic insight?
OR - has the pandemic given you a new insight into a book or film?
A mysterious and deadly pink cloud appears in the skies, spreading dramatically across the world, forcing everyone to stay at home. Giovana is confined in an apartment with Yago, a man she met at a party the night before. While waiting for the cloud to pass, the two have to invent themselves as a couple. Over the years, while Yago is living his own utopia, Giovana feels trapped deep inside.
Ah ha, you say, this movie was released at the end of 2021. Of course it’s about the pandemic. It shouldn’t count.
It was written in 2017 and completed in 2019. Talk about fortuitous timing…
That sounds like the real-life thing in China last month when a lockdown forced a woman to stay in the home of a man she had met for a blind date. She tweeted )or whatever) about it. Apparently, they hadn’t hit it off.
I watched the classic 50’s War of the Worlds today with one of my kids.
She wanted more information about how the Martians could have been so easily wiped out at the end, so I said, “They came here to take over, but then they all caught Covid and died.”
The song and video for “Rats” by Ghost fits this to a T. It was recorded in 2018, but the lyrics perfectly fit this era, especially the first and second verses…
