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Some days ago I have seen the Simpsons episode " Marge on the Lam", translated to Spanish for Latin America. Marge gets a pair of tickets for the ballet, and Homer likes the idea. But then, we have a view of Homer thoughts: he thinks that "ballet" is a bear driving a small car in a circus. Of course, this causes problems when Homer finds out the real meaning of ballet: people dancing with boring music.
I did not understand that joke. Is it a joke about multiple meanings of "ballet" in English, which got lost in the translation? (in Spanish, "ballet" is the dance, and nothing else). Or is it some type of non sequitur humor, with Homer confusing ballet with the bear in the little car absolutely for no reason at all? Cambalachero ( talk) 17:52, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
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Some days ago I have seen the Simpsons episode " Marge on the Lam", translated to Spanish for Latin America. Marge gets a pair of tickets for the ballet, and Homer likes the idea. But then, we have a view of Homer thoughts: he thinks that "ballet" is a bear driving a small car in a circus. Of course, this causes problems when Homer finds out the real meaning of ballet: people dancing with boring music.
I did not understand that joke. Is it a joke about multiple meanings of "ballet" in English, which got lost in the translation? (in Spanish, "ballet" is the dance, and nothing else). Or is it some type of non sequitur humor, with Homer confusing ballet with the bear in the little car absolutely for no reason at all? Cambalachero ( talk) 17:52, 5 June 2014 (UTC)