It’s
      time
      to
      confess
     
     
      one
      of
      my
      trade
     
     
      secrets:
      everything
      I
     
     
      know
      about
      come-
     
     
      dy
      I
      learned
      from
     
     
      the
      British.
      I
      don’t
     
     
      believe
      many
      North
     
     
      Americans
      know
     
     
      the
      name
      of
      Terry
     
     
      Pratchett,
      but
      there
     
     
      was
      a
      time
      when
      I
     
     
      thought
      him_
      the
     
     
      funniest
      satirical
     
     
      mind
      alive;
      his
     
    

    
     
      Discworld
      novels
      revealed
      to
      me
      a
      humour
      of
      a
      different
      variety.
      It
      had
     
     
      logical
      depth
      while
      being
      related
      to
      the
      plot,
      and
      I
      was
      fascinated.
     
     
      Literature
      bearing
      the
      Pratchett
      name
      soon
      gained
      preponderance
      on
      my
     
     
      bookshelves.
      Shaun
      of
      The
      Dead
      is
      a
      logical
      comedy,
      but
      with
      a
      difference
     
     
      in
      that
      it’s
      not
      so
      obvious,
      at
      least,
      not
      on
      the
      surface.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      www.shaunofthedeadmovie.com
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      plot
      consists
      of
      Shaun
      (Simon
      Pegg),
      a
      blue-collar
      stereotype
      whose
     
     
      life
      is,
      somewhat
      predictably,
      falling
      apart.
      This
      is
      hardly
      helped
      by
      the
     
     
      fact
      that
      the
      dead
      have
      recently
      come
      back
      to
      life,
      and
      Shaun,
      his
      friends,
     
     
      and
      immediate
      family,
      find
      themselves
      in
      a
      fight
      for
      their
      lives
      to
      avoid
     
     
      becoming
      un-dead
      finger
      food.
      If
      that
      were
      all
      there
      is
      to
      be
      gleaned
      from
     
     
      this
      film,
      however,
      then
      this
      review
      might
      have
      been
      much
      shorter.
      But
     
     
      Shaun
      of
      The
      Dead
      is
      a
      cake
      with
      many
      layers,
      folks.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      THE
      BOTTOM
      LINE
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
         
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      See,
      the
      message
      here
      is
      that
      there
     
     
      really
      is
      more
      than
      one
      way
      to
      be
     
     
      “dead”.
      Take
      Shaun’s
      roommate,
      Ed
     
    

    
     
      =
      (Nick
      Frost)
      for
      example.
      He’s
      a
      man
     
     
      who
      refuses
      to
      change
      his
      ways
      no
      matter
      how
      many
      people
      take
      excep-
     
     
      tion
      to
      him,
      and
      Shaun
      himself,
      who
      is
      a
      man
      who
      can’t
      seem
      to
      take
      his
     
     
      life
      or
      that
      of
      any
      others
      seriously.
      Even
      when
      the
      dead
      make
      their
      pres-
     
     
      ence
      known,
      he
      is
      oblivious,
      as
      is
      Ed.
      By
      the
      standards
      of
      the
      movie,
      these
     
     
      men
      behave
      like
      the
      deceased
      they
      encounter,
      albeit
      on
      an
      empathic
      rather
     
     
      than
      physical
      scale.
      When
      the
      events
      of
      the
      movie
      have
      run
      their
      course,
     
     
      however,
      the
      “dead”
      have
      been
      separated
      from
      the
      “living,”
      with
      the
      “liv-
     
     
      ing”
      element
      consisting,
      at
      least
      by
      the
      film’s
      definition,
      of
      those
      individ-
     
     
      uals
      who
      still
      possess
      the
      capacity
      for
      change
      with
      regards
      to
      themselves.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      While
      this
      is
      not
      a
      brilliant
      movie,
      it
      is
      bright
      in
      ways
      that
      are,
      as
      I
      have
     
     
      said,
      occasionally
      less
      than
      apparent;
      but
      it
      also
      isn’t
      for
      everyone,
      due
      to
     
     
      its
      subtlety
      and
      a
      few
      scenes
      that
      were
      unpleasant
      enough
      to
      encourage
      one
     
     
      couple
      leave
      the
      theatre
      where
      |
      was
      watching
      the
      film.
      Also,
      the
      plot
     
     
      comes
      off
      as
      being
      almost
      superfluous,
      with
      no
      twists
      to
      be
      had,
      and
      char-
     
     
      acterization
      forms
      a
      patina
      as
      thin
      as
      a
      silk
      windshield.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      comic
      aspects
      are
      also
      not
      for
      everyone,
      and
      the
      fast
      and
      furious
     
     
      British
      accents
      might
      be
      difficult
      for
      some
      people
      to
      decipher.
      But
      in
      the
     
     
      end,
      these
      concerns
      don’t
      even
      come
      close
      to
      de-railing
      this
      film;
      it’s
      solid
     
     
      fun
      with
      a
      Union
      Jack
      flag
      attached,
      and
      not
      without
      it’s
      rewards.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Proposed
      Hydrogen
      Fueling
      Station
     
     
      by
      Dan
      McNeill
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      ”
      Cement
      sss
      ae
      ‘
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      ttt
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      UPEI
      Cadre
      October
      19,
      2004
      page
      11