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To Live and Not Die in L.A.: Fear the Walking Dean in AMC
A week ago, I posted this comment under my article: The Devil Rears His Head:
There's an instinctive awareness of evil these days. That means that people are reacting to evil as though it were some common occurrence. People used to shy away from evil, concocting all kinds of ways to deter it, or keep it away from them. Now, they court it.I was analyzing a painting in the Art Gallery of Mississauga (posted below).
In the article, I link to other posts I've made where I describe a determined pursuit of evil in the arts, and which is slowly making its way into ordinary life.
Here is Diana West, who normally sticks to current political commentary, observing the same phenomenon in her article The State of the Culture. Here is an excerpt:
Take today's "Arts and Leisure" section. The title promises arts and leisure, but, of course, it showcases fare once relegated to "pulp magazines" or even wrapped in a paper bag.The secular, ungodly world that we have created has allowed for cracks (now gaping holes) through which the ever-lurking devil can enter. God help us.
What we are looking at (above) is (1) Blood and gore lede: "'Fear the Walking Dead,' " a spinoff of 'The Walking Dead' on AMC, goes back to the early days of the zombie plague."
Excerpt: "The two shows fit under the same mythological umbrella created by Mr. Kirkman in his comic-book series, with the same rules governing the type of zombies (the lumbering kind) and how to kill them (stabbing, shooting, or smashing them in the head).