tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571930773462405096.post7063805088995445402..comments2010-07-08T00:08:09.181-07:00Comments on The Insomniac Film Critic: Movie referenceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571930773462405096.post-71232998010605943182010-06-11T14:55:37.392-07:002010-06-11T14:55:37.392-07:00Yeah i am in no way saying that Community started ...Yeah i am in no way saying that Community started reference comedy, and in retrospect i should have at least mentioned Family Guy because that show borderline relies on references, much like Community. And from what i remember about the Simpsons (something i'm not well versed in), there are certainly a lot of references. those two shows often used a lot of visual references to go along with what was being said, whereas Apatow reference comedy is typically strictly verbal. there will be lines like "do you know how i know you're gay? because you like coldplay" or calling somebody with a beard "serpico" while explaining that the only reason you will get laid is because of "eric bana in munich."<br /><br />Community uses both these verbal and visual reference techniques often, but what makes Community different is that they seem to only reference things that Abed could have conceivably seen on television growing up. He's not talking at length about the Raven or Macbeth because those aren't all over TV, outside of in Simpsons reruns. the oldest references i can remember in Community are the Godfather movies and MASH, two things that are still all over TV today. <br /><br />Like the musical theatre references you love so much in Family Guy, I love adoring Ghostbusters references and hilarious reenactments of scenes from action movies. Like you and Little Shop, these are the things I grew up loving, and since Community makes these references constantly, it is, for lack of a better term, my jam. I'm more Abed than a Harvard-educated comedy writer, and that's why Community fits me personally. Community is for those who watched more than they read, and that's why I prefer references to Venkman over Poe.alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00891080200182770707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571930773462405096.post-46668003323189577042010-06-11T12:02:17.578-07:002010-06-11T12:02:17.578-07:00Your theory has gotta be right because it's so...Your theory has gotta be right because it's something I brought up about Family Guy and then Brent trumped? me with about (old) Simpsons. Everytime Family guy references, well, in my case 80s music videos or musical theatre which they actually do a lot, Like their 'Little Shop of Horrors' reference! Squee! I always feel like I am somehow more awesome for getting the joke. Like I wanna say 'Hey, Seth MacFarlane. You are pretty cute, but also I JUST GOT THAT JOKE. ME. Let's bang. Giggity.'<br /><br />Brent was like 'WELL EMILY THAT'S OLD NEWS' because in the simpsons they used to do that all the time but with shakespeare and smart things because all the simpsons writers went to harvard. Although to me that's a whole different ball game since it was creating comedy from the apparent disconnect between 'high' and 'low' brow art. Also most modern and postmodern literature is built on references to other literature. But I guess that is probably more 'high' art referencing 'high' art and it's not really usually for jokes but for some kind of important meaning or something.<br /><br />anyways, this referencing has been going on for a bunch of times so that one day in 2010 Abed could just say 'movie reference' and we would all laugh.<br /><br />What was I saying?messyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07268427321900382214noreply@blogger.com