# Pop Culture Stuff Everyone Seems to Misunderstand

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**Created:** [April 22, 2021, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-culture-stuff-everyone-seems-to-misunderstand/940564 "2021-04-22T19:51:12Z")\
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> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#):
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> Yeah, it’s definitely funny, and reading it as a kid got me hooked for a lifetime on its brand of absurdism.

In my own experience, the “stuff everyone seems to misunderstand” about _Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland_ is that it’s supposed to be funny. I’ve seen many people fail to “get” the Alice books because they come to them expecting a fantasy adventure story or a conventional fairy tale. Whereas IMHO the closest parallel I can think of is the Monty Python movies, where the overall storyline is mostly an excuse to string together a series of comedic scenes. (Although a [recently revived thread about Monty Python and the Holy Grail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-actually-about-cosplay/682020) makes me wonder how many people understand what those are, either.

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