Posted on 09/26/2007 11:26:45 AM PDT by toddlintown
Popular culture In the 1998 episode "Streaking" of the Fox series That '70s Show, the principal cast members assemble into the poses of the subjects of The Last Supper as they discuss streaking at a campaign rally for President Gerald Ford.
The cover for comedian George Carlin's 2004 book When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? parodies The Last Supper with Carlin replacing Jesus at the table. Also in 2004, rapper Nas' album cover of Street's Disciple was influenced by the Last Supper.
Also in 2004, an advertisement appeared for the popular HBO series "The Sopranos" depicting twelve of the cast members surrounding the central figure of Tony Soprano posed as in the Last Supper. Though only briefly in the public eye, it generated some controversy at the time. [citation needed]
In 2005, an advertisement for French fashion house Marithé François Girbaud based on Leonardo's painting sparked controversy in Italy. Jesus and the apostles were cast as fashionably dressed females, the only male in the picture being a bare-chested young man sitting on a model's lap. The advertisement was withdrawn after protests by Italian Catholics.[11]
In the 2006 artbook Football Heroes, English cartoonist Beach depicts the 1958 Brazilian World Cup football team in the daVinci tableau, with Pelé as the Jesus figure.[12]
In episode 13 of the anime GetBackers, Kuroudou Akabane explained the meaning of the painting to Ginji Amano when they saw the painting hanging on a wall inside Babylon City.
At the end of an episode of "The Simpsons" in which Homer Simpson goes to heaven, the episode ends with thirteen people at Moe's Tavern. They freeze for a few seconds, and their positions are reminiscent of Leonardo's painting.
In the episode of "Gilmore Girls" titled "The Festival of Living Art," the members of the town participate in the titular festival and physically recreate the painting.
In the 1997 film Con Air starring Nicholas Cage, John Cusack and John Malkovich, a picture of the Last Supper is given to a prisoner with the eyes cut-out. When the picture is put over a letter it reveals a message.
The cover for the 1999 DVD release by heavy metal band Black Sabbath (also titled "The Last Supper") parodies the Da Vinci painting, depicting members of the band in place of four of the apostles.
On The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert has stated that the set is supposed to be like the last Supper in how everything converges onto the center figure (Jesus/Colbert), as a way of deifying Colbert's ego.
In the South Park episode Fantastic Easter Special, Stan and Kyle found out that Peter, the first pope, is really a rabbit, Peter Rabbit. This is because of a dark colored egg in front of him and the original painting had bunny ears.
On an episode of RAW WWE chairman Vince McMahon had a picture of him added to the painting, during a segment where he claimed he was there during the supper.
In the 1970 Robert Altman film "M*A*S*H", cast members are shown in a pose distinctly mimicking the painting during a scene in a army mess tent in which a dinner is held for a character who intends to commit suicide.
In the Dilbert cartoon episode The Shroud of Wally, Alice takes a photo of Wally's birthday party, where the people appear in very similar positions to the Last Supper. After that, Wally becomes the object of a sort of religion.
In the closing minutes of the controversial 2007 Series Finale of the HBO series "The Sopranos", character Tony Soprano appeared in a scene some viewers would compare to the Da Vinci painting. The more obvious similarities included character Tony Soprano in the middle of the image, illuminated by a light from above. The panels on the back wall also resembled prominent imagery from the Da Vinci painting.
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