The Vampire as a Model of Cultural Otherness in the Television Series “What We Do in the Shadows”

Vampires in popular culture differ from vampires Serbian traditional not only that they feed on human blood, but also the implications of otherness represent. While vampire is an example ontological – a revenant, non-human as opposed to human, sociocultural otherness, being member same community those against whom its misdeeds are directed way derives otherness. Its nature clearly designated essential difference between it and man physical psychological sense: besides undead at top food chain, body possesses animal protean characteristics, uses various parapsychological powers. As such, represents alien world generally, alienness with regard environments which different works fiction films, i.e. culture, situate it. This depicted ways, all can basically be traced Bram Stoker's shaping Dracula. In US TV series What We Do Shadows, based eponymous New Zealand film takes form sitcom mockumentary, we follow lives three bloodthirsty Europe Asia who live together Staten Island, York City, house share local energy vampire. Their appearance, behavior, habits, speech, etc. attribute their World source constant misunderstandings environment into wish integrate. Although neighbors cannot know treat them courtesy middle-class society political correctness: obstacle vampires' integration contemporary non-humanness, rather cultural incompetence. Hence turns out thought behind concepts ontology Leachian perception manner primary identification majority cultures world, "foreigners fact counted among beings".