A Streetcar Named Marge/References
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Cultural references
- The episode's title and plot reference the film A Streetcar Named Desire, especially when Homer stands outside and yells: "Hey Maaaaaaaaaaarge!" to Marge, whom he can see through the window of Flanders' house. This is a reference to the scene where Marlon Brando's character Stanley Kowalski yells "Hey Steeeeeeeeeeella!".
- Miss American Girl Pageant is a parody of Miss America, the annual beauty contest. Other references during the contest include:
- The sponsor of the contest is Meryl Streep's Versatility. The perfume has the shape of an Academy Awards statue and is a hint to actress Meryl Streep, who herself has won 21 Academy Awards.
- The contestants sing "At Seventeen", a song by Janis Ian.
- The girls representing each state of the USA:
- Miss Kentucky is dressed as a jockey, referencing the popular Kentucky Derby.
- Miss Vermont wears a hat of pancakes topped with maple syrup, a typical breakfast of the cuisine of Vermont.
- Miss Maine is dressed as a lobster in a reference to the Maine lobster.
- Miss Alaska is dressed as an Inuit surrounded by a tube leading to a can of oil, referencing Alaska's most important export.
- Miss Idaho is dressed as a potato. This is a reference to Idaho being known as "The Potato state". The state is best known for its potato crop, which comprises around one-third of the nationwide yield.
- Miss Texas is dressed as a blowout, referencing the importance of oil in the economy of Texas.
- Miss Illinois is dressed as Abraham Lincoln, who was Illinois state legislator and and US representative from Illinois.
- Miss Kansas is wearing a tornado hat, referencing the state being prone to severe weather, including an average of more than 50 tornadoes annually.
- Miss South Dakota is wearing a Mount Rushmore hat.
- Miss North Carolina is being crossed by a cigarette. The production of tobacco was one of the state's biggest industries before the American Civil War.
- Miss Indiana references the famous Indianapolis 500 motor race.
- Miss Montana, to whom Homer says "a beaut from Butte".
- Miss South Carolina, although only mentioned, Homer's phrase "Nothing could be finer" is a reference to the song "Carolina in the Morning", specifically to its lyrics, "Nothing could be finer than to be in Carolina in the morning".
- Mr. Boswell mentions American actress Goldie Hawn and criticizes her way of dressing.
- Maggie plays "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky on a xylophone.
- According to herself, Debra Del Smallwood made unfortunate remarks at the United Nations.
- The scenes with Maggie trying to escape from the daycare centre (and later, to get the babies' pacifiers back) reference the film The Great Escape, especially the music and the scene where Maggie plays with a ball in her "cell" to kill time.
- When Homer, Lisa and Bart go to pick up Maggie from the daycare center, they see hundreds of babies sitting everywhere and sucking their pacifiers. Afraid but confident, Homer picks her up and leaves without saying a word. This is a reference to the film The Birds where the protagonists are confronted with hundreds of birds sitting on perches.
- When Homer, Lisa, Bart and Maggie are outside, Alfred Hitchcock passes by with two dogs, in reference to a similar cameo the director made in The Birds.
- Author and philosopher Ayn Rand is mocked throughout the entire episode.
- Head of the Ayn Rand School for Tots Mrs. Sinclair is reading "The Fountainhead Diet".
Trivia
- One of the objects Maggie tries to use to replace her pacifier seems to be a Bart Simpson toy.
Goofs
- As Marge is about to leave for her first audition, she walks across the room and she is wearing white slip-on shoes. Then her and Homer talk for a bit, then when it cuts to a wider shot after they talk, she now has her red flat-heels on.
- Apu is incorrectly colored yellow in the background during the first Blanche DuBois audition.
