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God, I really *am* Homer.
Oct. 13th, 2010 04:32 pmIn his retrospective review of the classic Simpsons episode "Dancin' Homer," Nathan Rabin concluded by writing:
“Dancing Homer”, finds our hapless hero once again trying to impress his son. This time he succeeds, though the victory is only temporary. It always is. At the episode’s close, however, Homer has scored the consolation prize that, more often than not, comes with flamboyant, extravagant failure; he may not have succeeded, but he at least got a hell of an anecdote (and the show got a nifty episode) out of his high-profile humiliation.
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Y'know, Henchgirl has pointed out on many occasions how I'm very Homer,* but man... it's crazy how that pretty much sums up my entire creative outlook as an autobiographical solo performer.
*Homer, plus Sokka from Avatar: The Last Airbender, and healthy amounts of Phillip J. Fry. This has led to her to nicknaming me "HomerSokkaFry," which sounds like the best fraternity ever.
“Dancing Homer”, finds our hapless hero once again trying to impress his son. This time he succeeds, though the victory is only temporary. It always is. At the episode’s close, however, Homer has scored the consolation prize that, more often than not, comes with flamboyant, extravagant failure; he may not have succeeded, but he at least got a hell of an anecdote (and the show got a nifty episode) out of his high-profile humiliation.
...
Y'know, Henchgirl has pointed out on many occasions how I'm very Homer,* but man... it's crazy how that pretty much sums up my entire creative outlook as an autobiographical solo performer.
*Homer, plus Sokka from Avatar: The Last Airbender, and healthy amounts of Phillip J. Fry. This has led to her to nicknaming me "HomerSokkaFry," which sounds like the best fraternity ever.
