merari42@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWhat are your favorite examples of 'media within media' (e.g., shows, stories, or movies inside of other shows or books)?message-squaremessage-square208fedilinkarrow-up1184arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1180arrow-down1message-squareWhat are your favorite examples of 'media within media' (e.g., shows, stories, or movies inside of other shows or books)?merari42@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square208fedilinkfile-text
Examples: Itchy & Scratchy from The Simpsons, The Scary Door from Futurama, or The Grand Inquisitor from Dostoevsky.
minus-squareMrsDoylelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 months agoSpringtime for Hitler, The Producers https://youtu.be/1zY1orxW8Aw
minus-squareEiri@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 months agoInteresting! I didn’t know there was a movie. The version I saw on stage was even more over-the-top (very stereotypical gay coded)
minus-squareMrsDoylelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months ago1967, dir Mel Brooks - I mean, who else? What a guy. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Producers_(1967_film)
minus-squareMrsDoylelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoFollowing up on that, I’d been trying to remember the song in Blazing Saddles, when they literally break the fourth wall and there’s an anachronistic musical number being filmed - it’s called “The French Mistake”. https://youtu.be/FezOkjeNs5Y
Springtime for Hitler, The Producers https://youtu.be/1zY1orxW8Aw
Interesting! I didn’t know there was a movie. The version I saw on stage was even more over-the-top (very stereotypical gay coded)
1967, dir Mel Brooks - I mean, who else? What a guy. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Producers_(1967_film)
Following up on that, I’d been trying to remember the song in Blazing Saddles, when they literally break the fourth wall and there’s an anachronistic musical number being filmed - it’s called “The French Mistake”. https://youtu.be/FezOkjeNs5Y