otaku247 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 30, 2018 12:05 am
Kudos for spotting this and hopefully dousing the arguments over lazy writing and racist dialogue. I always tend to give the team the benefit of the doubt when an arc isn't exactly compelling me to mash the F5 button in anticipation on update day, but It's nice to know there was something in the background steering things in this way and even though I'm not familiar with Stripperella I can appreciate the effort in sticking with it to hope that someone in the readership would spot the (i assume) homage. Well done
For those who do know it, is it worth looking up to appreciate any further in-jokes?
In my opinion, Stripperella is totally worth watching; it's one of the DAMNEDEST BEST CARTOONS I've seen in my life. However, fair warning: it's not for everyone. That's because it's very sexy (lots of racy scenes, with strippers pole-dancing and such) and, more importantly, it's
extremely politically incorrect. In fact, you could say the creative team made a point of thoroughly lambasting and ridiculing every single politically correct cliché out there.
The original concept comes from Stan Lee (the one from Marvel). Erotica Jones is an exotic dancer at a classy strip club who, when crime is afoot, turns into the masked superheroine Stripperella. Her character design is based on Canadian actress Pamela Anderson (who at the time was famous for Baywatch) and there's a running joke of people mistaking Jones for Pamela. (Funny detail: Pamela voices the character, too.) Nothing in the show is taken seriously; humor is
everywhere, all the time. This all-permeating humor comes in three types:
1) Absurd (the show revels in putting the characters in absurd situations)
2) Parody of the superhero genre
3) Political incorrectness
Since I love the show and I love talking about it, I'm gonna give you some examples.
EXAMPLE 1:
Persie, at the club, is waiting for her boyfriend. She tells the barman she's serious about this guy! They have been dating for a month, and it's been incredible: they get along wonderful, they have great sex... she's certain he's the man of her life! And, oh, today, he's gonna introduce her to his brother! She's so nervous! She MUST make a good first impression!
Then, Persie's boyfriend arrives. With his brother.
They're Siamese twins.
Barman:
"What!?? But, you, he... you said... waitaminute... no... you two... how... ah... uh... buh???"
EXAMPLE 2:
A criminal has struck! Erotica Jones must change into her Stripperella costume! She runs into a narrow, pitch-black dark alley between two buildings; there are some rumpling noises in the total darkness, and, three seconds later, she emerges wearing the dirty rags of a hobo - and off she goes, to fight crime!
A few moments later, out of the alley comes an old hobo with a shell-shocked face, wearing the Stripperella costume (five sizes too small for him), and asks:
"Wh... wha... WHAT JUST HAPPENED!???"
EXAMPLE 3:
Giselle is the youngest stripper at the club. She's very naive and innocent (to a point that the other girls sometimes wonder if she should be working there at all). One day, she's in the champagne room, giving a private lap dance to an elderly gentleman. When she's done, she finds that the guy is dead! It seems the lap dance was too stimulating and he had a heart attack while ejaculating. Poor Giselle is devastated! The other girls comfort her, but she still feels guilty. The following day, the widow of the dead geezer comes to visit the room where her husband died, and Giselle says she wants to talk to her.
Giselle: "Oh ma'am, I'm the one who was giving him a sexy lap dance when he died. I feel terrible! But there's something I must tell you, something important. Your husband was a very religious man, a man of strong Christian beliefs with an unshakeable faith in his own salvation. Right before he died, his last words were a testimony of faith in Christ the Savior!"
Widow: "Really!?"
Giselle: "Yes! In his last moments, he realized he was about to die, and he knew in his heart that his spirit was bound to Heaven! That's why his last words were:
'Oh God, I'm coming! Oh Jesus, I'm coming! OH CHRIST! CHRIST, I'M COMING, CHRIST!!' You see? That's how strong his Christian faith was!"
Widow:
Ok I know this message is too long already, so I'll shut up now.