Comp 1C: Shaun of the Dead context Flashcards
What two impacts of 9/11 can be seen on Shaun of the Dead?
A desire to return back to the status quo and the apocalyptic aesthetic of the later stages.
Who was Prime Minister at the time? 2004.
Tony Blair
What party was in power in 2004?
New Labour.
The film comments on the digital revolution. Where have Pegg, Wright and Frost commented on this previously?
Spaced - Episode ‘Art’
What is Lad’s culture?
A media driven term that is used today to refer to collective, boorish or misogynistic behaviour by young men.
What political ideologies is the film commenting on?
Satire of modern life - consumerism.
What is satire?
The use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticise people’s stupidity or vices in the case of Shaun of the Dead consumerism.
What was lad’s culture a reaction to?
A reaction to second wave feminism and the pro-feminist ‘new man’.
