Editing Lisa the Drama Queen/References

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== Cultural references ==

*At [[Springfield Recreation Center]], [[Comic Book Guy]] teaches {{W|Shaolin kung fu}}.
*[[Antonio Vivaldi]]'s "Spring" concerto from ''{{W2|The Four Seasons|Vivaldi}}'' is heard at the art class.
*In the art class room, ''{{W|The Starry Night}}'' by [[Vincent van Gogh]] and ''{{W|The Blue Boy}}'' by {{W|Thomas Gainsborough}} can be seen on the walls. 
*[[Juliet Hobbes]] paints American singer and actor [[Josh Groban]].
*Juliet, in appearance, resembles {{W|Thora Birch}}'s character in the film ''{{W2|Ghost World|film}}''.
*[[Lisa]] and Juliet sing "[[You Are Loved (Don't Give Up)]]" by Josh Groban.
*[[Bart]] proposes Lisa to buy [[M&M's]] or {{W|Charleston Chew}} to Juliet. [[Apu]] suggest [[Almond Joy]].
*The surf musical piece "{{W2|Wipe Out|instrumental}}" by {{W|The Surfaris}} is heard at [[Springfield Folk Art Museum]].
*Juliet's father is an expert in [[John Grisham]]'s work. According to Juliet, he discovered several "undiscovered" plot twists in the 1993 novel ''{{W2|The Client|novel}}'' and that he proved that the real villain in the 1989 legal thriller ''{{W2|A Time to Kill|Grisham novel}}'' was the legal system itself.
[[File:Lisa the Drama Queen Star Wars.png|250px|thumb|[[Nelson]] talks to a headless figure of [[Darth Vader]] from ''[[Star Wars]]'']]
*[[Nelson]] talks to a headless figure of [[Darth Vader]] from ''[[Star Wars]]''.
*[[Professor Hobbes]] compares her daughter's new friendship to a young {{W|Mitch McDeere}}, protagonist of John Grisham's 1991 novel ''{{W2|The Firm|novel}}''. He also reads part of the novel.
*Mr. Hobbes is worried that her daughter is listening to Groban too much, and suggests listening to [[James Horner]]'s soundtrack to the 1993 legal thriller ''{{W2|The Pelican Brief|film}}'' instead. The film is based on {{W|The Pelican Brief|the 1992 novel}} by John Grisham.
**He plays "Researching The Brief", the third track on the film's OST.
*Elements of the plot loosely resemble ''{{W2|Bridge to Terabithia|2007 film}}'' and the [[Peter Jackson]] film ''{{W|Heavenly Creatures}}'', in particular the scenes where the girls imagine themselves in their fantasy world and how [[Marge]] bans Lisa from seeing her friend Juliet, who is loosely based on {{W|Juliet Hulme}}. Also, the girls obsession with {{Ch|Josh Groban}} mirrors the obsession of the girls in ''Heavenly Creatures'' with opera singer {{W|Mario Lanza}}.
*[[MyPod]] is a parody of [[iPod]].
**"So She Dances" by Josh Groban is played on the Royal MyPod.
*[[Skinner]] looks to the school children profiles on [[Facebook]]. He also enjoyed the Simpsons pictures of their trip to {{W|Yosemite National Park}}.
*Juliet owns an ''{{ap|Angelica Button|series}}'' lunchbox, a parody of ''[[Harry Potter]]''.
*Lisa is supposed to attend a {{W|Model UN}} session as she is the delegate for [[Azerbaijan]].
*The classic piano rag "{{W2|The Entertainer|rag}}" is heard on [[Willie]]'s flashback in [[Ellis Island]], [[New York City]].
*Juliet mentions the {{W|Iowa Writers' Workshop}}, a graduate-level creative writing program.
*"In Her Eyes" by Josh Groban is heard when [[Kearney]] defends the girls' novel.
*American pop-punk band [[Fall Out Boy]] plays on the episode's credit.

== Trivia ==
*This is the last episode before the HD intro movie appears.
*This is the last episode to use the 1987-2009 Gracie Films logo.

== Goofs ==
*At dinner, when Lisa runs out to see Juliet in her backyard, Lisa is wearing her pink Sunday best dress, then the scene cuts to Lisa and Juliet in a fantasy sequence with the characters from Equalia, but when the scene cuts back to reality, Lisa is wearing her regular red dress. 

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