“ The Simpsons Did It” meme is relevant here. Netflix will release the new season September 14, and it is no exception to the previous ones - with the likes of Georgia O’Keefe, Claude Monet, Thomas Kinkade, Wassily Kandinsky, and many more adding to the rich visual fabric of the show.Īnimated and live-action series alike have paid homage to famous artworks before. He seeks to recapture that fame while also navigating his web of equally narcissistic self-destructive friends and frenemies, humans and anthropomorphized animals alike.Īnd all the while in the background, like a low-grade art fever, the show plants iconic paintings, photography, and sculpture. The series - about to release its fifth season -follows the trials and tribulations of the titular character, a fifty-something pill-popping, bottle-hitting actor whose heydey was the schmaltzy ‘90s sitcom Horsin’ Around. This is the experience of an art-history nerd watching Bojack Horseman, the critically acclaimed animated comedy series and cult hit on Netflix that brutally satirizes Hollywood, or rather, Hollywoo.

Is that a Lichtenstein? you wonder out loud. You find yourself excitedly pointing out Warhols and O’Keefes to no one in particular.

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