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The Shaun Of The Dead Line That Wouldn't Fly Today, According To Simon Pegg
By SlashFilm Staff
“Shaun of the Dead” revolutionized the genre of horror comedy. The film stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, and the comedy still holds up, but one line wouldn’t fly today.
In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Pegg discussed one line that he’d reconsider including in the movie had he made the film today: when Ed (Frost) drops the n-word.
Pegg does not regret the inclusion because “it’s a joke about how a clueless white guy has listened to too much rap music and thinks that that's appropriate.”
He continued, “It's not racist to talk about racism. It's all about how inappropriate Ed is.” Ed is not a character to be looked up to since he’s “clueless about the world around him.”