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''[[Corrupting the Classics With Contemporary Crap]]'' is a web series produced by New York actors Caitlin Gold and Naomi McDougall Jones and written by other New York actor Matthew McAllister, which parodies modern reality and talk show TV by throwing characters and plots from classical theater into the mix and letting madness ensue. The first three episodes are currently [http://www.youtube.com/user/corruptingtheclassic up on Youtube.]

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* [[Affectionate Parody]]: Of the theatrical works involved. A very ''un''affectionate parody of the television programs.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Downwards and backwards!"
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: [[Mamet Speak|David Mamet]] in "Project Playwright".
* [[The Danza]]: Angus Hepburn as Angus Leech. Similarly, Natali''a'' Fedner as Natali''e'' Knickerbocker.
* [[Flat What]]: Everyone's reaction in episode 3 when  {{spoiler|they have to write a play as a Tweet}}.
* [[Take That]]: Oh so many.
* [[Token Minority]]: Invoked/parodied in "Project Playwright", where [[Oscar Wilde]] fleetingly references that the reason Ntozake Shange is among the contestants is because the other playwrights are all white men.

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