Widow's Bay and Horror Comedy
First let’s get this out of the way because it comes up often when I talk about horror comedy. Yes, that is a real genre combo.
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Masters of Horror: Homecoming- War, Lies, Media, and Fake Patriotism
The episode wants to make it clear that this patriotism and love for America is fake. It’s a love of power and control, and the people behind it will literally, because they do, destroy the country to achieve it.
Top Episodes from Season One of Metalocalypse
An important part of the show is that Dethklok while espousing a love for brutality and all things that make up heavy metal are also… child like. They are willfully ignorant and outright ridiculous, including that they need constant care and supervision from their manager.
M*A*S*H: Charles, Potter, and Aging
“The Young and the Restless” is the 19th episode of the 7th season of M*A*S*H. It gives a look at both Potter and Charles’ characters and is a rather amusing episode. I have only one real issue with it, but I am getting ahead of myself.
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Murder, She Wrote: Wheel of Death and the Carnival Trope
Carnivals are a fairly literal example of the outsiders, the others, coming into a community. Different works have tackled this in various ways.
Top Home Movies Episodes
Home Movies is an animated show and is one of the earlier works from Brendon Small (Metalocalypse) and Loren Bouchard (Bob’s Burgers). It follows the character Brendon Small who makes movies with his friends Melissa and Jason everyday after school.
Happy Valentine's Day with The Golden Girls
I also think the assumption about Rose taking it poorly and how Rose ultimately does respond is important. The assumption that her innocence and naivety would make it hard for her to “understand” ends up being totally wrong.