on the surface and this be a lighthearted comedy . a prod and a catholic become best of mate and launch a franchise and some antic ensue and and in the end we can all laugh happily ever after . but look again and see what no one will mention . by the 1980 and the provo be be fund by libya ( . ) and the loyalist by south africa to prop up a civil war . this be not and and never be about the ideal of loyal ulster and or the ideal of nationalism . ordinary work class folk be the tool in this conflict and and to this day the perpetrator on both side remain unsanctioned . 3500 dead and thousand maim or imprison . no rug will ever cover that up . connolly and the scot and see through all this absurdity . apropos and he play it like brando in apocalypse now ( swallow the bug ) .