Intertextuality in lay mans...laymens....leighmans.... simple form is references to other works.
My three examples are as follows.
Domain one, Quotes and such.
In my experience this is one of the best ways to get to know if your taste matches up with someone else's. For instance if I am in a "Get to know you" experience like they have in classes, I'll make some references to my favorite movies, and whomever laughs I will typically end up being friends with. So the teacher says "Introduce yourself and tell everyone what you do for recreation." So I say, I'm Matt and Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback" At this point most of the class sigh and goes yeah bet you've done a lot of acid, weirdo. While a select few laugh at the obvious Big Lebowski reference. Those are my friends.
Domain 5, Parody- I think.
This is all about Weird Al. I love Wierd Al and what he's done for comedy music entertainment. I know a ton of his songs by heart, and depending on my level of drunk at karaoke night, you may hear "The Saga Begins" Instead of "American Pie." Or "Fat" instead of "Bad." Wierd Al Dominates this field because almost everyone that matters is cool with him. For instance, Wierd Al recently covered Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" with his rendition "Perform This Way." He, as he always has done, sent his idea to Gaga only to get a letter back saying, we'd like to hear it, a bit miffed Al sent the lyrics, "No, We want to hear it!" So Al spent the money and recorded it and sent it to Gaga's camp only to have it shot down. A few weeks later, it turns out Gaga's manager shot it down and she loved it and told him whats what. Now we have Alpocalypse!
Domain 3, Oh its a Sitcom!
Domain 3 from what I could tell covers distinctive conventions that define genre. How can I tell that "Everybody loves Raymond" is similar to "Two and a Half Men"? The typical sitcom laugh track, and the musical playoff into commercial. There are many conventions that define genre for audiences. Like in CSI and Law and Order, they use the same style cuts and love to open in the opening credits with a pun.... YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In fact many of these even overlap with Domain 1. I know when someone I know says a dumb pun I almost have to scream YEAH!!!!!!

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