The first intertextual references are during 'Sugar lumps' scene in the chosen episode of Flight of the Conchords. The combined references include: Kelis - Milkshake; Black Eyed Peas - My Humps; and the Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme tune. The song Sugar lumps is a parody of all three of these original songs, in terms of postmodernism this is called a pastiche; a pastiche is where a postmodern artist deliberately makes fun of an existing product. The song title 'Sugar lumps' is a typically crude way of substituting rude or inappropriate words with something innocent, this technique was previously used in Kelis' song 'Milkshake'.
There were two separate references to the film 'Midnight Cowboy' within another scene of the episode; Midnight Cowboy is a very famous scene with a well-known phrase in it, 'I'm walkin' here, I'm walkin'.' This exact line is used in the 'New Cup' episode of Flight of the Conchords when one of the lead characters, Brett, tries to encourage a woman to keep on walking after she turned down Brett's offering of Jermaine as her jigalo for the night. The use of this line shows homage to Midnight Cowboy as Brett uses it in a similar situation to in the film itself; an intertextual reference in the form of homage shows respect to the existing product. The second Midnight Cowboy reference was as Jermaine tells Brett to dress in a cowboy hat and shorts, as this may help him gain more customers as a jigalo; in the film, Midnight Cowboy, the man dressed as a cowboy is in fact a jigalo.
Another intertextual reference is from the music video for the song, 'Roxanne' by The Police. Brett performs a song towards the end of the episode about prostitution, which is the same topic as Roxanne; there are also red lights behind Brett as he sings in each location, this is also a feature of The Police's video.
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