It is. It’s not high literature or even recognized as such by critics, but 1. It means something to someone out there and 2. There are plenty of references and

It is. It’s not high literature or even recognized as such by critics, but 1. It means something to someone out there and 2. There are plenty of references and repurposed components in that that do come from the recognized serious literature. Everything is a remix, everything is being continuously repollinated and crossed over. Some works are more derivative than others.