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Vortex KJ: /* Cultural references */

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‎Cultural references

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‎Cultural references: corrected quote

2023-02-19T19:28:50Z

‎Cultural references: Ben Day dots; Roy Lichtenstein

2023-02-19T19:20:28Z

‎Cultural references: Kent on Fox News

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‎Cultural references: context for Bill O'Reilly

2022-11-05T16:29:47Z

‎Cultural references: Anderson Cooper's hair

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 *During the episode's [[Trust but Clarify/Gags#Couch gag|couch gag]]:
 **"{{W|Suite bergamasque|Clair de Lune}}" by {{W|Claude Debussy}} can be heard.
-**Real art pieces seen at the [[Springfield Museum of Art]] include ''{{W|Discobolus}}'', ''{{W|American Gothic}}'',''{{W|Girl with a Pearl Earring}}''.and {{W2|Saint George|Donatello|Donatello's ''Saint George''}}.
+**Real art pieces seen at the [[Springfield Museum of Art]] include ''{{W|Discobolus}}'', ''{{W|American Gothic}}'', ''{{W|Girl with a Pearl Earring}}''.and {{W2|Saint George|Donatello|Donatello's ''Saint George''}}.
 **Many paintings of the Simpsons have the style of {{W|Cubism}}. When [[Homer]] finally seats on the couch, he transforms into a {{W|Ben Day process|Ben Day dot}} version of himself in the style of artist {{W|Roy Lichtenstein}}.
 [[File:Mousetrapping a Murderer.png|300px|thumb|''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show]]'' episode "[[Mousetrapping a Murderer]]" is a parody of Netflix's true crime documentary ''{{W|Making a Murderer}}'']]

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 *During the episode's [[Trust but Clarify/Gags#Couch gag|couch gag]]:
 **"{{W|Suite bergamasque|Clair de Lune}}" by {{W|Claude Debussy}} can be heard.
-**Real art pieces seen at the [[Springfield Museum of Art]] include ''{{W|Discobolus}}'', ''{{W|American Gothic}}'' and ''{{W|Girl with a Pearl Earring}}''.
+**Real art pieces seen at the [[Springfield Museum of Art]] include ''{{W|Discobolus}}'', ''{{W|American Gothic}}'',''{{W|Girl with a Pearl Earring}}''.and {{W2|Saint George|Donatello|Donatello's ''Saint George''}}.
 **Many paintings of the Simpsons have the style of {{W|Cubism}}. When [[Homer]] finally seats on the couch, he transforms into a {{W|Ben Day process|Ben Day dot}} version of himself in the style of artist {{W|Roy Lichtenstein}}.
 [[File:Mousetrapping a Murderer.png|300px|thumb|''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show]]'' episode "[[Mousetrapping a Murderer]]" is a parody of Netflix's true crime documentary ''{{W|Making a Murderer}}'']]

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 [[File:Mousetrapping a Murderer.png|300px|thumb|''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show]]'' episode "[[Mousetrapping a Murderer]]" is a parody of Netflix's true crime documentary ''{{W|Making a Murderer}}'']]
 *''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show]]'' episode "[[Mousetrapping a Murderer]]" is a parody of Netflix's true crime documentary ''{{W|Making a Murderer}}''.
-**The theme by {{W|Gustavo Santaolalla}} is played.
+**The theme song by {{W|Gustavo Santaolalla}} is played.
 **The story is a reference to {{W|Steven Avery}}, a man arrested for the murder of a female photographer in 2005.
 *''[[The Late Late Late Show with Jimmy Jimmy]]'' is a parody of the ''{{W|Late Night with Jimmy Fallon}}'' and ''{{W|Jimmy Kimmel Live!}}'' shows. [[Jimmy Jimmy]] is a reference to both [[Jimmy Fallon]] and [[Jimmy Kimmel]].

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 [[File:Mousetrapping a Murderer.png|300px|thumb|''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show]]'' episode "[[Mousetrapping a Murderer]]" is a parody of Netflix's true crime documentary ''{{W|Making a Murderer}}'']]
 *''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show]]'' episode "[[Mousetrapping a Murderer]]" is a parody of Netflix's true crime documentary ''{{W|Making a Murderer}}''.
-**The real-life documentary's theme by {{W|Gustavo Santaolalla}} is heard.
+**The theme by {{W|Gustavo Santaolalla}} is played.
 **The story is a reference to {{W|Steven Avery}}, a man arrested for the murder of a female photographer in 2005.
 *''[[The Late Late Late Show with Jimmy Jimmy]]'' is a parody of the ''{{W|Late Night with Jimmy Fallon}}'' and ''{{W|Jimmy Kimmel Live!}}'' shows. [[Jimmy Jimmy]] is a reference to both [[Jimmy Fallon]] and [[Jimmy Kimmel]].

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 *Kent Brockman mentions [[Nelson Mandela]] and the [[Berlin Wall]].
 *Kent Brockman admits in his apology of the century that he was not present when {{W|Al-Qaeda}} leader [[Osama bin Laden]] was taken out, nor did he even see the film about it, the latter referring to either ''{{W|Zero Dark Thirty}}'' or the TV film ''{{W|Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden}}''.
-**The cause of Kent Brockman getting fired is a reference to [[NBC]] chairman [[Brian Williams]]' firing for misrepresenting events which occurred while he was covering the {{W|Iraq War}} in [[2003]].
+**The cause of Kent Brockman getting fired is a reference to [[NBC]] News lead anchor [[Brian Williams]]' firing for misrepresenting events which occurred while he was covering the {{W|Iraq War}} in [[2003]].
 *Homer mistakes Kent for [[Anderson Cooper]]. Both have white hair.
 *[[Marge]] reads a book titled ''[[Potboiler!]] The Thrilling Art of Making Great Soup'', a reference to {{W|Potboiler}} books.

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 *The meeting host is eating a {{W|Bundt cake}}.
 *[[Krusty]] was about to sing a [[The Beatles|Beatles]]' song so that Lisa and Kent won't be able to upload the video.
-*Kent says it was torture watching [[Bill O'Reilly]] from ''{{W|The O'Reilly Factor}}'', pretending it was an "older, dumber" version of himself.
+*Kent says it was torture watching [[Bill O'Reilly]] from ''{{W|The O'Reilly Factor}}'', pretending it was an "older, stupider" version of himself.
 *When Abe calls {{W|Charles Kuralt}} a "bigamist" he is alluding to Kuralt's decades-long secret second family, revealed two years after his death.

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 **The "Talking Heads Sing Talking Heads" segment is a parody of the {{W|Talking Heads}} video "{{W|Once in a Lifetime (Talking Heads song)#Music video|Once in a Lifetime}}", with [[Kent Brockman]] taking on the white-suited appearance and performing actions of [[David Byrne]] in that video.
 *When Kent lied about his past, he said he was embedded with the {{W|98th Airborne Division|98th Airborne}} in {{W|Basra}}, [[Iraq]]. He also mentioned the {{W|Boeing CH-47 Chinook|Chinook}} helicopter.
 *[[Grampa]] criticized that {{W|Rob Schneider}} was on a {{W|United Service Organizations|USO Show}}. Schneider participated on a USO tour in support of U.S. troops two months after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
 *The opening theme for Kent Brockman's "Apology of the Century" was taken from the first few bars of the Sunrise portion of the [[Richard Strauss]] tone poem ''{{W2|Also sprach Zarathustra|Strauss}}''.