The Simpsons
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In true nobrow fashion, the show's humor also turns on cultural references that cover a wide spectrum of society so that viewers from all generations can enjoy the show. Such references, for example, come from movies, TV, music, literature, science, and history.
The Simpsons and nobrow
End July 2007, when this wiki was only just born, the backward links to The Simpsons already covered a wide range of highbrow and lowbrow subject matter. 19 then current links are listed here:
- Intertextuality
- Ive Verdoodt
- Grotesque
- Stereotypes of White Americans and Europeans
- Benito Mussolini
- Cult classic
- Art film
- I Am Curious (Yellow)
- Requiem for a Dream
- Wit
- Blaxploitation
- I Spit On Your Grave
- Metafiction
- Plot twist
- Pagliacci
- The Stepford Wives
- Robert Mapplethorpe
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