merari42@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 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 · 3 months agomessage-square208fedilinkfile-text
Examples: Itchy & Scratchy from The Simpsons, The Scary Door from Futurama, or The Grand Inquisitor from Dostoevsky.
minus-squareMrsDoylelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months ago1967, dir Mel Brooks - I mean, who else? What a guy. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Producers_(1967_film)
minus-squareMrsDoylelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 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
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