112:", translated to Spanish for Latin America. Marge gets a pair of tickets for the ballet, and Homer likes the idea. But then, we have a view of Homer thoughts: he thinks that "ballet" is a bear driving a small car in a circus. Of course, this causes problems when Homer finds out the real meaning of ballet: people dancing with boring music.
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I did not understand that joke. Is it a joke about multiple meanings of "ballet" in
English, which got lost in the translation? (in Spanish, "ballet" is the dance, and nothing else). Or is it some type of non sequitur humor, with Homer confusing ballet with the bear in the little car absolutely for
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The second one. I guess the joke is suggesting that Homer really isn't that cultured to know what ballet is, and/or the last thing he saw wearing a tutu was a bear in the circus. --
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This time the joke extends to Lenny and Carl too - in the next scene, Lenny also thinks ballet is "the bear driving around in the tiny car". Just a funny non sequitur.
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