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The musical, brimming over with Broadway in-jokes and phallic humor, doesn’t build so much as whip itself into a frenzy.
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Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Fuentes came of age in an ecosystem of edgelord posting and trolling in-jokes.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Correcting The Corrections has since become something of an in-joke for those of us inclined toward prestige drama—on page, and onscreen.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
The Nineties were madly in love with Elvis, to the point where the Naked Gun movies could get laughs by casting 1960s Broadway star Robert Goulet as Priscilla Presley’s love interest — an in-joke for fans who knew that her husband hated Goulet and would shoot out TVs at the sight of his face.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2026
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Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Fuentes came of age in an ecosystem of edgelord posting and trolling in-jokes.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Correcting The Corrections has since become something of an in-joke for those of us inclined toward prestige drama—on page, and onscreen.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
The Nineties were madly in love with Elvis, to the point where the Naked Gun movies could get laughs by casting 1960s Broadway star Robert Goulet as Priscilla Presley’s love interest — an in-joke for fans who knew that her husband hated Goulet and would shoot out TVs at the sight of his face.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2026
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“In-joke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in-joke. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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