Is Super Mario Brothers A Surrealist Masterpiece?

Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/donateidea It’sa me… the unexpected combination of visual elements We can look at Mario, and his 30+ year series of ultra-beloved games and then also look at surrealist visual art and say…hmmm… these things share some similarities! But what if we go a little deeper? And ask if there are any characteristics that go beyond the purely cosmetic–from history, to context, to impact–that might make Mario more, or a different kind of, surrealist masterpiece? Lets’a go! Watch the original, first ever IC episode here:    • Super Mario Brothers Is The World's Greate...   -- Find Mike at: @mikerugnetta on twitter and IG    / rheumatictangle   @reasonablysnd on twitter and IG soundcloud.com/reasonably-sound IC merch! http://bit.ly/1U8fS1B Tweet us! http://bit.ly/pbsideachanneltwitter Idea Channel Facebook! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelfacebook IC subreddit! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelreddit Idea Channel IRC! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelirc — THAT VAPORWAVE TRACK; YOU KNOW THE ONE — MACINTOSH PLUS - リサフランク420 / 現代のコンピュー    • Video   — VISUAL ART — 1. The Persistence of Memory - Salvador Dali 2. Golconda - Rene Magritte 3. African Sonata - Vladimir Kush 4. Son of Man - Renee Magritte 5. The Harlequins Carnival - Joan Miro 6. The Elephant Celebes - Max Ernst 7. Diary of Discoveries - Vladimir Kush 8. Metaphysical Interior With Biscuits - Giorgio de Chirico 9. Atmospheric Skull Sodomizing a Grand Piano - Salvador Dali 10. Cat and I - Wanda Wulz 11. Fair Captive - Rene Magritte 12. The Fools Rule The World - Gyuri Lohmuller 13. Unknown-Salvador Dali 14. Innocence - Rafal Olbinski 15. Sunrise By The Ocean - Vladimir Kush 16. La Poupee - Hans Bellmer 17. Luncheon in Fur - Merret Oppenheim 18. Departure of the Winged Ship - Vladimir Kush 19. Birthday Painting - Dorothea Tanner 20. Lobster Telephone - Salvador Dali 21. Metamorphosis of Narcissus - Salvador Dali — MORE TEXTUAL SOURCES -- Idea Channel Footnotes Entries: http://bit.ly/2uNtYiD Q&A: 'Mario' creator Shigeru Miyamoto - https://usat.ly/2uNOcsI Super Mario Bros. Instruction Booklet - http://bit.ly/2uNPFPF Where did 'Bowser's' name come from? - http://bit.ly/2uNLwv7 -COMMENT RESPONSES TO LAST WEEK’S EPISODE-    • Comment Responses: Are You Getting Enough ...   ---------------------------------------­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­------------------------­-­-­-­ Written and hosted by Mike Rugnetta (@mikerugnetta) Made by Kornhaber Brown (http://www.kornhaberbrown.com)