.... This is exactly the sort of thing that I dread having to one day try to explain to my kids.
"Papa, what the hell is this?"
"Well, it's a comedic interpretation of a famous painting by Goya. See, there's a Greek god, Cronus, that the Romans rebadged as Saturn, and he..."
"Papa, I know Saturn Devouring His Children - we went to the Goya museum last year, remember? What's the ... thing... in the painting, and why is there a kitty?"
"Ah, well, in the 80s, there was this sitcom starring a Muppet knock-off, called ALF, which supposedly stood for Alien Life Form, and this Alf character had a shtick where he always was trying to eat the family cat..."
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Date: 2012-05-01 10:32 pm (UTC)"Papa, what the hell is this?"
"Well, it's a comedic interpretation of a famous painting by Goya. See, there's a Greek god, Cronus, that the Romans rebadged as Saturn, and he..."
"Papa, I know Saturn Devouring His Children - we went to the Goya museum last year, remember? What's the ... thing... in the painting, and why is there a kitty?"
"Ah, well, in the 80s, there was this sitcom starring a Muppet knock-off, called ALF, which supposedly stood for Alien Life Form, and this Alf character had a shtick where he always was trying to eat the family cat..."
"Last century was weird."
"*sigh* I know, dear. I know."