The Real Household Pests That Inspired District 9’s Aliens
While District 9 is certainly an allegory for racism and apartheid in South Africa, not all of its South African inspirations are political. Neill Blomkamp‘s aliens were inspired, in part, by a common Johannesburg pest: the Parktown Prawn. After District 9 screened in Johannesburg, many noted that the “prawns” — as the aliens are contemptuously…
