Cut Every Corner: Intertextuality and Parody in the Music of The Simpsons
Vol. 47 (2020), Articles: Parody
Vol. 47 (2020)

Cut Every Corner: Intertextuality and Parody in the Music of The Simpsons

Articles: Parody
Published 2020-11-22
  • Durrell Bowman
Durrell Bowman
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Bowman, D. (2020). Cut Every Corner: Intertextuality and Parody in the Music of The Simpsons. MUSICultures, 47, 94–115. Retrieved from https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MC/article/view/31402
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Abstract

This article reworks ideas about parody, postmodernism, and television from such critical and cultural theorists as Linda Hutcheon, Jason Mittell, and Jonathan Gray to contextualize the wide variety of parody and intertextuality in the music of the animated TV show The Simpsons. It explores several categories of the show’s music, such as: variations of cartoon themes, songs, instrumental underscoring, and guest musicians. This article particularly uses specific episodes of The Simpsons to highlight parodies of the show’s own theme, movie music, themes from other TV shows, and so on. The show’s music thus functions as a kind of court jester or king’s fool.

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