The messages of the notes themselves tell the tale of the rise of the zombie pandemic, from tentative, joking questions about a “really bad flu,” escalating to confused panic, and later to grim acceptance of the new reality that the survivors now must live in. Some of the notes are written with pen and pencil, others are written with lipstick, burnt wood, crayons, and blood. The notes are on matchbooks, napkins, photographs, advertisements, shopping lists, road maps, scraps of cardboard, and gum wrappers. The book consists entirely of letters, hand-written warnings, and pages torn from journal entries that were written during the zombie pandemic. The dead grass, broken windows, toppled telephone poles, abandoned cars with missing wheels and trunks left open, boarded-up buildings, spent ammo shells, and other signs of struggle and desperation serve to create a fascinatingly creepy environment.Īnd that’s why I like Dead Inside: Do Not Enter so much. Some of my favorite things about zombie movies are the details of the changed world. And we are still loved.Dead Inside: Do Not Enter - Notes from the Zombie Apocalypse It’s a reminder to all of us who have been pushed to be “successful”, been hassled about when we were “going to get serious”…that even if we are living in poverty, even if we have no real career, even if we’re not conventionally attractive or haven’t achieved all we’ve wanted to…we still have value. What’s emphasised is the true, human beauty of Greg the warmth, the kindness, the courage, the imagination, the dedication to art and devotion to family. In the show, his failed music career, his chubby build, his sloppy clothes, his poverty…they don’t matter. In a world where success and worth are measured primarily in material gains and career-based achievements, Greg is a reminder of what’s truly important. This is what Rose, one of the most powerful and respected warriors and generals of her people, came to love. Greg may never make it as a rock star, but he will never stop trying. He still plays music, still sings, still performs, still writes albums. Speaking of that, even though he’s never seen even a lick of the stardom he dreamed of, Greg has never lost sight of his ambitions. He works hard, even though it’s a job that he never wanted and that has taken the place of his dream. He is kind and giving to everyone he meets. He adores and encourages his son in every way. Not just a decent guy under the jerky exterior, but a truly and fundamentally good man. Most of the wife’s role is reacting to his antics. And more than that, in those shows, the husband is really the main character. Oh, he’s a fundamentally decent man who genuinely loves his family and treasures his wife, but he’s also selfish, thoughtless, more than occasionally neglectful, lazy, and self-centered. Even in my favourite of those relationships, that of Marge and Homer, Homer is presented as more than a bit of a jerk. But Rose and Greg’s relationship isn’t like that.

Fred and Wilma, Archie and Edith, Peter and Lois, Homer and Marge. It’s something of a sitcom parody the dimwitted, ugly, slovenly husband with the beautiful, intelligent wife. In any other show, he would be the loser of the cast, the fuck-up, the somewhat lovable, helpless goofball who can’t be counted on for anything. He’s a failed rock and roll star whose dreams of fame and fortune ended with him running a small town car wash and living in the back of an ancient van. He’s a slob with no sense of style or grooming. She travels to Earth and decides to spend her life there, and in 6000 years, the human she decides is most interesting, most engaging, most beautiful…is Greg. I mean, here’s Rose, who’s represented as this powerful, intelligent, charismatic, beautiful woman, respected as both a warrior and a leader. I think one of my favourite things about “Steven Universe”, and one of the things I find most touching and personally affirming, is the relationship between Rose Quartz and Greg.

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