Flight of Conchord (Prime Minister season 2, episode 7)

Postmodern elements


-Reference to Cars (film)
-Music video inserts
-Manipulates time and space *Barack Obama lookalike. *80's style cellphone (used by PM)- joke on New Zealand being a backwards nation - also the business cars 'I'm Brian, the prime mister of NZ'
-Elton John - can you feel the love tonight, hold me closer tiny dancer - speaks lyrics
-The real red art garfunkel appears
-The clothes Brett and Jermaine wear are similar to Simon and Garfunkel. Greatest hits ever
-Lookalikes - Bono
-Days are truncated - Days appear on screen (Manipulates time and space)
-Mel's husband Doug is dressed as Brett
-Brett - as Paul Simon at the end of the episode Graceland era Paul Simon
-The Matrix references - THE GLITCH (2 Elton Johns at the end)
-Brett and Jermaine are two actors playing versions of themselves, pretending to be two lookalikes (who don't look like S + G) who pretend to be Simon and Garfunkel.
-NZ only 18 hours from NY - poster


Parody, Bricolage, Hyperreal