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Why Isn’t Sean Spicer Mauled by Zombies in Zack Snyder’s ‘Army of the Dead?’

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It’s one of many missed opportunities in the “Justice League” filmmaker’s gory latest, now streaming on Netflix.

What do audiences want out of a zombie movie?

Is it stirring, character-driven plots about blood, family, and sacrifice? A sharp-toothed satire aimed at the mindlessness of modern society? A subversion of genre tropes, maybe, into a winking variety show juggling horror, humor, and romance? Maybe a musical?? Would the people,...

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