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== [[Live Action TV]] == |
== [[Live Action TV]] == |
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* The ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' episode "Legion": Rimmer, pretending he knows about art to impress Legion, complements on one piece: |
* The ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' episode "Legion": Rimmer, pretending he knows about art to impress Legion, complements on one piece: |
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{{quote|'''Rimmer''': Now this three-dimensional sculpture in particular is quite exquisite. Its simplicity, its bold, stark lines ... pray, what do you call it? |
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'''Legion''': The light switch. |
'''Legion''': The light switch. |
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'''Rimmer''': The light switch? |
'''Rimmer''': The light switch? |
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'''Legion''': Yes. |
'''Legion''': Yes. |
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'''Rimmer''': I couldn't buy it off you then? |
'''Rimmer''': I couldn't buy it off you then? |
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'''Legion''': Not really. I need it to turn the lights on and off. }} |
'''Legion''': Not really. I need it to turn the lights on and off. }} |
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* The ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "City of Death": The Doctor and Romana leave the TARDIS at the Galerie Denise Rene. When they return, there are two people standing in front of it... |
* The ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "City of Death": The Doctor and Romana leave the TARDIS at the Galerie Denise Rene. When they return, there are two people standing in front of it... |
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{{quote|'''[[John Cleese|He]]:''' To me, one of the most curious things about this piece is its wonderful afunctionalism.<br /> |
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'''She:''' Yes, I see what you mean. Divorced from its function and seen purely as a piece of art, its structure of line and colour is curiously counterpointed by the redundant vestiges of its function.<br /> |
'''She:''' Yes, I see what you mean. Divorced from its function and seen purely as a piece of art, its structure of line and colour is curiously counterpointed by the redundant vestiges of its function.<br /> |
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'''He:''' And since it has no call to be here, the art lies in the fact that it ''is'' here.<br /> |
'''He:''' And since it has no call to be here, the art lies in the fact that it ''is'' here.<br /> |
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* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'': In the episode "Mom and Pop Art," Mr. Burns mistakes Homer's failed attempts at D.I.Y. crafting for fine art and buys them for large amounts of money. |
* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'': In the episode "Mom and Pop Art," Mr. Burns mistakes Homer's failed attempts at D.I.Y. crafting for fine art and buys them for large amounts of money. |
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* In the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "Mother's Day," the cast visits a wax museums of famous historical robots: |
* In the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "Mother's Day," the cast visits a wax museums of famous historical robots: |
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{{quote|'''Fry:''' Hey, who's this guy? |
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'''Janitorbot:''' I'm the janitor. I'm trying to take a nap here. |
'''Janitorbot:''' I'm the janitor. I'm trying to take a nap here. |
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'''Fry:''' I'm sorry, I-I thought you were made of wax. |
'''Fry:''' I'm sorry, I-I thought you were made of wax. |
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'''Janitorbot:''' I ''am'' made of wax, what's it to you? |
'''Janitorbot:''' I ''am'' made of wax, what's it to you? |
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'''Fry:''' I mean I thought you were one of the wax robots. |
'''Fry:''' I mean I thought you were one of the wax robots. |
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'''Janitorbot:''' Is there some reason a robot made of wax can't take a nap standing up in the middle of a bunch of wax robots? Or does that ''confuse'' you? |
'''Janitorbot:''' Is there some reason a robot made of wax can't take a nap standing up in the middle of a bunch of wax robots? Or does that ''confuse'' you? |
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[Fry backs away slowly.] }} |
[Fry backs away slowly.] }} |
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