In A Bug’s Life, the circus ringmaster is a flea. It’s a flea circus.

Admittedly I had heard the term “flea circus” my entire life but only this morning looked up what it actually was. I mean it’s pretty straightforward, a bunch of fleas made to look like they’re in a circus, but I was missing the history and context.

    • essell@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Apparently, now I’ve stopped to check, it’s a reference to Tacobell using the word “Grande” on their menus, and the hospital is called Taco Bellevue, so yeah, it is the Taco Bell dog 😃

      Not being American, I had no understanding of these cultural points.

        • essell@lemmy.world
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          7 months ago

          The same phenomenon has been identified even in the UK where cultural divides and differences are present in media and often discussed in terms of accuracy or inaccuracy. Their use and abuse.

          I can only imagine in a place like the US, which is on such a different scale, that the problem is going to be even wider, more pervasive due to the dominance of the media, and more infuriating given some of the passionate views people have on their home territory.

          • kip@piefed.zipEnglish
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            7 months ago

            english judges depicted banging gavels is one that annoys me a bit. relevant to the topic, i never got the pun in world war z until i realised it’s the american zee. but missing ‘phil banks’ from fresh prince of bel air was my own fault