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Jeremy Butler: New page: http://www.tcf.ua.edu/slgallery/d/6157-1/Simpsonsqq00_17_39qq00094.jpg ==All groups== #What is postmodernism? ==Group 3 == #In what sense do postmodern texts (including TV programs) "hija...

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New page: http://www.tcf.ua.edu/slgallery/d/6157-1/Simpsonsqq00_17_39qq00094.jpg ==All groups== #What is postmodernism? ==Group 3 == #In what sense do postmodern texts (including TV programs) "hija...

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==All groups==
#What is postmodernism?

==Group 3 ==
#In what sense do postmodern texts (including TV programs) "hijack" antecedent (i.e., previous) texts? How can this change the "cultural significance" or meaning of the antecedent material?
#*Cite three examples of this sort of hijacking--one from ''The Simpsons'' and two from elsewhere (and not the book's examples).

==Group 1==
Collins claims that "intertextual references are emblematic of the ''hyperconsciousness'' of postmodern popular culture."
#So, what are intertextuality and hyperconsciousness?
#*Cite two examples of each of these concepts--one from ''The Simpsons'' and two from elsewhere (and not the book's examples).

==Group 4==
#What is ''bricolage'' (pronounced "brick-oh-lawj")? How is ''Pee-wee's Playhouse'' an example of it?
#*Cite two other examples of it in TV--and not the book's examples.

==Group 2==
#Not all television is postmodern. Most would say, for example, that ''The Andy Griffith Show'' is not. But what if it were? What would a postmodern remake of ''TAGS'' be like? Use the episode we started the semester with as your basis and incorporate as many postmodern aspects as you can into it.

==''The Simpsons'': "Mom and Pop Art"==

"Movie (and other) references", from [http://www.snpp.com/episodes/AABF15 The Simpsons Archive]:

+ pop art (art genre) {tr}
- title is a take-off [See "Comments" section for more -- Ed.]

+ "Dr. Strangelove" (movie)
- family rides an atom bomb to its target, like the Slim Pickens
character in the movie
- [I decided to re-cite the reference, after all -- Ed.]

+ "Lime in the Coconut" (song) {jg}
- Homer sings Harry Nilsson song, but about beer

- Hawaiian Punch (canned drink) {dh}
- Homer dons Hawaiian hat and shirt, lying in the hammock, sipping on a
coconut drink [like the commercials for Hawaiian Punch]

+ Home Depot (chain of hardware stores) {yd}
- "Mom and Pop Hardware" store similar [See "Comments" section for more
-- Ed.]

+ "Home Improvement" (TV series)
- "Toolin' Around'" strongly resembles show-within-a-show "Tool Time"

~ Orchard Supply Hardware (chain of hardware stores) {ddg}
- the in-store ad is similar to Richard Karn's ads

- "Godfather" (movie) {asw}
- Homer pulls gun from behind water tank of toilet

+ Pere Noël (mythical figure) {bjr}
- Wiggum calls Homer "pear Noël", referencing Homer's body shape and the
French Santa Claus [See "Comments" section for more -- Ed.]

- "Psycho" (movie) {gw}
- when Homer is driving in his car, trying to get rid of the BBQ, the
shots and music are similar to the famous scene where Janet Leigh is
driving in the rain

+ "Love, American Style" (TV series)
- Springfield's avant-garde gallery called "Louvre: American Style"

+ "White Christmas" (song) {tr}
- Burns nearly bought "Guernica" for a song -- this one

+ "David" (statue) {bjr}
- Michelangelo's statue of David recreated with junk at the first art
show

+ "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" (painting) {ddg}
- Barney's napkin drawing is a copy of Seruat's famous painting of a
French riverbank scene

+ Homer's "Odyssey" (epic poem)
- Greek epic poem (and poet) lend name to Homer's solo art show

+ The Smithsonian (museum) {bjr}
- The Springsonian Museum inspired by the Washington, D.C., showcase

+ "Life In Hell" (comic strip)
- Homer disses an Akbar and Jeff painting from this strip [N.B.:
"Simpsons" creator Matt Groening also draws "Life in Hell" -- Ed.]

- "Duck Amuck" and "Rabbit Rampage" (cartoon) {eac}
- two classic Warner Brothers cartoons that featured the characters
arguing with their animators and being partially erased

+ "The Sleeping Gypsy" (painting) {bjr}
- the first image in Homer's nightmare comes from this Henri Rousseau
painting

+ "Terminator 2" (movie) {jg}
- the gunman in the Cubist painting says "Hasta la vista, baby!"

- "Mortal Kombat" (video game) {cg}
- in Homer's dream, Leonardo's 4-armed, 4-legged man punching and
kicking him is like Goro (and other multi-armed creatures) in this
series of games

+ Andy Warhol (artist)
- his famous picture of Campbell soup appears in museum and Homer's
dream
- artist himself fights Homer in the dream sequence [See "Comments"
section for more -- Ed.]

+ "Magic's Greatest Secrets Revealed" (TV specials)
- Homer confuses Cristo with Valentino, the Masked Magician from these
specials

+ Noah's Ark (Biblical tale) {hl}
- at first, Ned thinks the Lord has drowned the wicked and spared the
righteous

+ "Everything's Coming Up Roses" (song) {jg}
- "Everything's coming up Milhouse!"

== Bibliography ==
#Butler, Jeremy G. ''Television: Critical Methods and Applications''. Mahweh, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2007.
# Robert C. Allen, ''Channels of Discourse, Reassembled'', second edition (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1992).

==External links==
*[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T311/Modernism.htm Approaches to Modernism]
*[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/slgallery/v/simpsons/19990411/ Frame grabs from the "Mom and Pop Art" episode of ''The Simpsons'']

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-#In what sense do postmodern texts (including TV programs) "hijack" antecedent (i.e., previous) texts? How can this change the "cultural significance" or meaning of the antecedent material? Cite two examples of this sort of hijacking from ''The Simpsons''.
+#In what sense do postmodern texts (including TV programs) "hijack" antecedent (i.e., previous) texts? How can this change the "cultural significance" or meaning of the antecedent material? Cite two examples of this sort of hijacking from this ''Simpsons'' episode.
-#Collins claims that "intertextual references are emblematic of the ''hyperconsciousness'' of postmodern popular culture." So, what are intertextuality and hyperconsciousness? Cite two examples of each of these concepts--one from ''The Simpsons''.
+#Collins claims that "intertextual references are emblematic of the ''hyperconsciousness'' of postmodern popular culture." So, what are intertextuality and hyperconsciousness? Cite an example of each of these concepts from this ''Simpsons'' episode.
 #What is ''bricolage'' (pronounced "brick-oh-lawj")?  What do you think Collins means by the "radical eclecticism" of bricolage? Cite one other example of bricolage in TV--and not the book's examples.
-==''The Simpsons'': "Mom and Pop Art"==
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 "Movie (and other) references", from [http://www.snpp.com/episodes/AABF15 The Simpsons Archive]:

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-'''Group 3'''
+#In what sense do postmodern texts (including TV programs) "hijack" antecedent (i.e., previous) texts? How can this change the "cultural significance" or meaning of the antecedent material? Cite two examples of this sort of hijacking from ''The Simpsons''.
-#In what sense do postmodern texts (including TV programs) "hijack" antecedent (i.e., previous) texts? How can this change the "cultural significance" or meaning of the antecedent material?
+#Collins claims that "intertextual references are emblematic of the ''hyperconsciousness'' of postmodern popular culture." So, what are intertextuality and hyperconsciousness? Cite two examples of each of these concepts--one from ''The Simpsons''.
-#*Cite three examples of this sort of hijacking--one from ''The Simpsons'' and two from elsewhere (and not the book's examples).
+#What is ''bricolage'' (pronounced "brick-oh-lawj")?  What do you think Collins means by the "radical eclecticism" of bricolage? Cite one other example of bricolage in TV--and not the book's examples.
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+*[http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T311/SimpsonsPoMo.htm ''The Simpsons'' Goes PoMo] -- select frame grabs and video
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-==All groups==
+'''All groups'''
 #What is postmodernism?
-==Group 3 ==
+'''Group 3'''
 #In what sense do postmodern texts (including TV programs) "hijack" antecedent (i.e., previous) texts? How can this change the "cultural significance" or meaning of the antecedent material?
 #*Cite three examples of this sort of hijacking--one from ''The Simpsons'' and two from elsewhere (and not the book's examples).
-==Group 1==
+'''Group 1'''
 Collins claims that "intertextual references are emblematic of the ''hyperconsciousness'' of postmodern popular culture."
 #So, what are intertextuality and hyperconsciousness?
 #*Cite two examples of each of these concepts--one from ''The Simpsons'' and two from elsewhere (and not the book's examples).
-==Group 4==
+'''Group 4'''
 #What is ''bricolage'' (pronounced "brick-oh-lawj")?  How is ''Pee-wee's Playhouse'' an example of it?
 #*Cite two other examples of it in TV--and not the book's examples.
-==Group 2==
+'''Group 2'''
 #Not all television is postmodern. Most would say, for example, that ''The Andy Griffith Show'' is not. But what if it were?  What would a postmodern remake of ''TAGS'' be like?  Use the episode we started the semester with as your basis and incorporate as many postmodern aspects as you can into it.