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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| − | {{w|Emily Dickinson}} is a famous American poet, who wrote a poem called " | + | {{w|Emily Dickinson}} is a famous American poet, who wrote a poem called "Death", about the personification of Death kindly stopping for her to pick her up. {{w|Grand Theft Auto (series)|Grand Theft Auto (GTA)}} is a famous video game series, where the player frequently steals cars by grabbing their drivers and throwing them out of the car. The Y-button is used in GTA to enter or exit a vehicle. In this alternate version of "Death", Emily is the protagonist in her own Grand Theft Auto spinoff game. Instead of Emily being carried off peacefully in Death's carriage, she violently carriage-jacks Death and takes over his carriage to use for her own purposes. |
| − | + | {{w|Gilligan's Island}} from the title text is a 1960s sitcom with a catchy intro song. | |
| − | The | + | The full version of the poem from Emily Dickinson can be found here: [http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/stop.html Emily Dickinson—Death]. The Gilligan's Island song is on YouTube: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfR7qxtgCgY Gilligan's Island intro]. |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
| − | :[ | + | :[The Grim Reaper driving a horse-drawn carriage.] |
:Because I could not stop for death | :Because I could not stop for death | ||
:He kindly stopped for me | :He kindly stopped for me | ||
| − | :[ | + | :[A woman wearing her hair in a bun grabs Death by the arm and pulls him off the carriage. There is a Y-button symbol in the lower left corner.] |
:The carriage held but just oursel- | :The carriage held but just oursel- | ||
:Death: Hey! | :Death: Hey! | ||
| − | + | :''GRAB'' | |
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| − | :[ | + | :[The woman takes off in the carriage, leaving Death in her dust, on the ground.] |
| − | : | + | :Woman: Hyah! |
| − | :[ | + | :[The Grand Theft Auto logo is shown, with the stamp "Emily Dickinson Edition" underneath. There is a picture of stick-Emily, arms crossed, and a scythe next to her.] |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Video games]] | [[Category:Video games]] | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring real people]] | [[Category:Comics featuring real people]] | ||
