Is this scene in dexter a direct reference to a historical painting and what is it?
In Dexter Season 6 episode 7 named Nebraska, Dexter travels to Nebraska to investigate a possible resurgence of the Trinity Killer. In this episode, he's accompanied by his brother as his imaginary friend, instead of the usual Harry Morgan. There's a scene where an innkeeper threatens Dexter with a gun, and Dexter kills him with a pitchfork in self defense.
Immediately after the kill, we see this frame, which resembles a famous painting I have seen before, where a man and a woman are standing in front of an old house. I cannot recall its name.
Is this a deliberate Easter egg regarding that painting, and what's its name?
Best Answer
Yes, this is a historical painting called "American Gothic", created in 1930.
It is widely used for parody, reasons are off topic here (it's kind of a meme, before the time of memes), but just one thing to prove it is this screenshot from Sponge Bob:
So, this is just another parody, made with the spirit of Dexter TV show.
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