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== Pop culture == Other contemporary writers who have explored the grotesque in pop-culture are [https://books.google.com/books?id=n8cmPNEJk98C&dq=grotesque+pop+culture&pg=PA182 John Docker], in the context of postmodernism; [https://books.google.com/books?id=wgTYAAAAMAAJ&q=grotesque+pop+culture Cintra Wilson], who analyzes celebrity; and [https://www.amazon.com/The-Infantile-Grotesque-Pathology-Sexuality/dp/1934542490 Francis Sanzaro], who discusses its relation to childbirth and obscenity.<ref>Sanzaro, Francis. The Infantile Grotesque: Pathology, Sexuality, and a Theory of Religion. Davies Group Publishers, 2016.</ref> ''[[Alien Resurrection]]'' (1997) is the only film rated by the [[Motion Picture Association film rating system|MPAA]] to have "grotesque images" in its rating description,<ref>[https://www.filmratings.com/Search?filmTitle=alien+resurrection&x=0&y=0 Alien Resurrection] Film Ratings.com. Retrieved 13 February 2024.</ref> mainly due to its depiction of the Newborn [[xenomorph]] and the failed clones of [[Ellen Ripley]], who all featured grotesque human–alien ([[Hybrid (biology)|hybrid]]) characteristics.<ref>{{cite book | chapter-url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-21828-7_9 | doi=10.1007/978-3-030-21828-7_9 | chapter=Hybrid Creatures and Monstrous Reproduction: The Multifunctional Grotesque in Alien: Resurrection | title=Art, Excess, and Education | date=2019 | last1=Huunan-Seppälä | first1=Henriikka | pages=147–160 | isbn=978-3-030-21827-0 }}</ref> Grotesque manner also can be found at Disney's famous ride, [[The Haunted Mansion]] at Disneyland, Walt Disney World and other theme parks, where some of its details may contain a symbolism of [[Memento Mori]], [[Saṃsāra|Samsara's]] circle or themes describing the fragility of human existence, passions that baffle and how they could be avoided or find a "way out".
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