John Lennon’s imagine has a big place in popular culture. for example, the song appears in the movie Forrest gump. the songs appearance in the film simply isn’t funny.
The John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ joke in ‘Forrest Gump’ explained
in a sequence from the film Forrest Gump, forest makes an appearance on the Dick Cavett show. During his appearance, he tell John about China, He remarks that the people have very few possessions and don’t go to church. John says that the people in that country have “no possessions” and “no religion.” Cavett says he can’t imagine a world like that. John says “it’s easy if you try.”
Why the gag doesn’t work
Puns aside, the gag is insulting, it denies Yoko Ono’s place in the song’s history. Yoko inspired John to use the word “imagine” and later received a writing credit for the track.
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