Tag: comedy

Reagan Diddit: How The Simpsons and Cyberpunk Came From the Same World

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Springfield is Night City How a TV suburb anticipated the neon nightmares of Night City Ask most people what The Simpsons is about, and they’ll say: family comedy, satire, poorly drawn yellow people with overbites. But peel back thirty plus seasons of "screw the audience" jokes and couch gags, and you’ll see something more unsettling. … Continue reading Reagan Diddit: How The Simpsons and Cyberpunk Came From the Same World

Ghostbusters: How to Turn a Classic Comedy into A Lovecraftian Horror.

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In 1984 Director/Writer Ivan Reitman, Writer/Actor/Director Harold Ramis and Writer/Actor Dan Aykroyd created one of the greatest horror comedies of all time, an amazing blend of horror and humor. GHOSTBUSTER(1984) Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson star as a quartet of Manhattan-based "paranormal investigators". When their government grants run out, the former … Continue reading Ghostbusters: How to Turn a Classic Comedy into A Lovecraftian Horror.