Episode 16, Paying Homage

Paying homage in an artistic sense means acknowledging the inspiration or the influence on you.

We are all standing on the shoulders of giants who have become before us. But do you acknowledge that and should you even acknowledge it? Parody is mocking the things that have come before you, while homage honors the things that have come before you.

We talk about:

“Parody is homage going sour” Brendan Gill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Gill

Quentin Tarantino https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Tarantino

The Office British Version https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Office_(British_TV_series)

Shameless British Version https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shameless_(British_TV_series)

Psycho https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_(1960_film)

Pulp Fiction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_Fiction

The Producers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Producers_(musical)

Robin Hood: Men In Tights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hood:_Men_in_Tights

Space Balls https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaceballs

Beckett https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beckett_(film)

Ricky Takes Back His Emmy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZp6cR4bxbY

Zanes top 3 List

It Is Always Sunny In Philadelphia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Always_Sunny_in_Philadelphia

Edgar Wright https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Wright

Kill Bill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_Bill:_Volume_1

Thomas Top 3 List

Stranger Things https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBjgFt6lVHM

Blinding Lights by Weeknd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NRXx6U8ABQ

The Untouchables https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Untouchables_(film)

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