References To Popular Culture
- Rex Burns, a character in the book, bears a striking resemblance to Richard Simmons. Upon receiving a copy of the book, Simmons later responded to the author, "Thank you for your kind words and sense of humor. You are a gifted man!"
- The book references Wikipedia, during Wikipedia's infancy. "Maybe we can get different people to update it, sort of like the Wikipedia."
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“Popular culture is seductive; high culture is imperious.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“It is among the ranks of school-age children, those six- to twelve-year-olds who once avidly filled their free moments with childhood play, that the greatest change is evident. In the place of traditional, sometimes ancient childhood games that were still popular a generation ago, in the place of fantasy and make- believe play . . . today’s children have substituted television viewing and, most recently, video games.”
—Marie Winn (20th century)
“The treatment of African and African American culture in our education was no different from their treatment in Tarzan movies.”
—Ishmael Reed (b. 1938)