Horror as a Social Platform — MULTIVERSE

Moderator: Jeff Strand

Panelists: Marc L. Abbott, Maurice Broaddus, Michelle Renee Lane, Peter Adam Salomon

Watch Party on discord in #geek-horror with the panelists. Video starts with pre-content 15 minutes before panel.
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GEEK Horror.png — Sunday, October 18, 2020 11:30am EDT

Horror has a tradition of being used as a means of putting social constructs on blast, laying them bare for the picking. Why are horror tropes and antagonists the perfect place to critique world order? Do readers and watchers of horror want social commentary a la Peele's racial discourse in Get Out and Romero's commentary on consumerism in Dawn of the Dead or is it intrusive to the story? Does using horror as a social platform make it too "heavy" or is the weight welcomed?

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