While it is frivolous to compare real life incidents that affect us, one cannot help but wonder how the narrative always remains the same, be it on television or reality. The rich remain rich and the poor are always at a disadvantage. Kingdom<\/em> reminded me of Bong Joon Ho\u2019s Snowpiercer<\/em> which explores class misbalances between the front and back compartments of a hypothetical train that roams the world (and also his Oscar winning Parasite<\/em> which is a realistic look at the rich vs poor using elevation to literally set the class differences). In Season 1 of Kingdom<\/em> when the physician and soldier plead with higher officials to burn the zombies, not bury them, it raises eyebrows. The officials decide to burn the peasant\u2019s bodies but bury those from higher social class. Later there\u2019s an escape via the only ship in dock. Again, only the noblemen make the cut to this Noah\u2019s ark. The escape does not end well though. While the privileged may argue that the illness treats all as equal, those higher up in the society can manipulate their power and privilege to shield themselves better. The lower classes are at the mercy of the more powerful. Expectant mothers are imprisoned by the Queen to make sure she remains all-powerful. A man tries to save extra food for himself and turns up burning down all hoarded supplies of the village. Not to forget that the outbreak of the disease started with hunger \u2014 because of people having no food to eat. This makes you wonder who are the real monsters? Whether the zombies \u2014 indirectly created by the societal structure \u2014 or a corrupt, selfish society or men who hold power?<\/p>\n

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Some things do not make any sense in Kingdom<\/em>. For example the zombies who patter away like cockroaches when the sun\u2019s rays fall, are seen fighting in broad daylight in the second season. I didn\u2019t seem to mind \u2014 it might be a mutation or an \u2018unexplainable twist\u2019. After all, haven\u2019t we been terrified already that the corona virus incubation period doesn\u2019t always conform to expectations or that cases might be asymptomatic? One episode had nothing other than people falling dead left and right. So what? The cure seemed too convenient. But also, there are people who sacrifice themselves, princes who try to source food through tunnels and officials who put kingdom over king. Kingdom<\/em> is gross and unstoppable. It doesn\u2019t make you forget the pandemic raining upon us, but it makes you feel weird-good that we aren\u2019t under a zombie attack. Then a wee bit hopeful that maybe we will soon step into a new normal in our today\u2019s world, like the people in Kingdom<\/em> did. Or if nothing, the show distracts you with the awesome head gears. But not before reminding you that rot always stays.<\/p>\n