![]() ![]() ![]() In 2004, Bailey learned that the producers of Showtime's Masters of Horror series were interested in filming an adaptation of "Death and Suffrage." Director Joe Dante ( The Howling, Gremlins) and screenwriter Sam Hamm ( Batman, Never Cry Wolf) retained the central image of "Death and Suffrage"-hordes of zombies shambling toward the polls-but their film places the image in a new context. The candidates are initially stunned by this development, but the presence of the undead soon becomes little more than a wedge issue to be exploited by campaign strategists. In Dale Bailey's short story "Death and Suffrage" (2002), an American presidential election is thrown into turmoil when thousands of corpses rise from their graves and demand the right to vote. The West Wing and the Living Dead An Interview with Dale Bailey by Alex Pitofsky, 2006 ![]()
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