One of my favorite TV shows is That 70's Show. I
love the show because it is funny and extremely relatable to real life. I often
find myself relating events that happen in my life to certain episodes.
Watching That 70's Show on Netflix is usually my go to before bed. But not
only is this show relatable it also has so many intertextual elements, which
also helps make it so relatable.
Intertext is a text consisting of connections to
other texts (Grossberg, 2006). Intertext can help us understand certain texts
better and it could also help us interpret texts. Intertext can also make
things translatable to help people understand better (2006).
The other night I was watching
Season 1 Episode 20 “A New Hope”. I like to call this episode the “Star
Wars” episode. The episode opens up with words scrolling similar to a Star Wars
movie.
For example:
The main character Eric, and his
friends Kelso, Fez, and Hyde go to the movies to see Star Wars. They love it so
much that it’s all they can talk about. The whole episode focuses on Star Wars
and about how much the boys loved it. Throughout the episode there’s parts of
intertextuality between the episode and Star Wars.
For example:
Although That 70's Show was focused on Star Wars for this episode there are also many other times that intertext is a part of this TV show.
Other examples:
( I Love Lucy)
(The Three Stooges)
(Psycho)
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