ITT: Plagiarism

>>95308065
>what is a parody

>>95308065
>"What is a homage?"

>>95308078
>>95308080

Why does an "homage" need to be so long?

>they do the Who's on First bit
>plagiarism
I'm confused, did cartoons steal slapstick from the Three Stooges or did the Three Stooges steal it from cartoons?

Why do so many people on /co/ use words they don't understand?

>>95308144
>comparing a specific skit to an entire genre of humor.

>>95308144
Internet

>>95308102
...Because the thing they're doing a homage to is long.

>>9530848 So in other words they're just copy/pasting someone else's work.

>>95308065
I assure you that this bit had existed in one form or another at least 50 years before Abbot and Costello did it.
>>95308471
I never get why every single character needs to be flawed.

>>95308471
>>95308585
The problem with Slappy isn't being a "Mary Sue." The problem is that a lot of her humor consists of referencing common cartoon gags than explaining the joke.

>>95308471
>never loses because she's grumpy and no one can beat her
Old people tend to be very good at getting away with it in real life. She's also supposed to be bugs bunny if he aged, as I remember. You can't really have bugs bunny without the unbeatable part, really.

>>95308102
>Why does an "homage" need to be so long?
So you don't even know what the scene is parodying.

>>95308144
>Why do so many people on /co/ use words they don't understand?
/co/ is full of late teens/very early 20's idiots who are incapable of actually putting thought into what they are reacting to.