The Simpsons: Effect And Common Sense

The television shows from 1950 to the present are connected in many ways. The characters showed in the 1950s television show called Leave It To Beaver all have white coloured skin and portrayed as a happy, perfect family. As the decades increased, the nuclear families turned into blended families, and the television shows started to have coloured characters. The families started to have problems and social situations. The viewer sees the conflicts inside the family begin as the years progress. For example, in the 2000's we examined a television show called Arrested Development. The show portrays the characters as if they are troubled and have problems. The children do not listen to their parents but instead have

As something people tend to hold the most dearly, culture can be a sensitive topic to discuss and engage in. Often, it is made even more difficult due to issues of the past and the way different cultures influence one another. Moreover, the concepts of cultural assimilation and mainstreaming have brought light on problems regarding the treatment of minority cultures within American culture, specifically with the use of stereotyped imagery and hijacking outside cultural ideas. The issues of cultural stereotyping and assimilation, as seen in South Park, have garnered attention due to the nature of offence and its subjective nature.

This essay offers a postmodernist reading of the popular television program The Simpsons, with special regard to the postmodern theories of intertexuality, hyperreality, and metanarratives. Before delving into The Simpsons, some major theoretical aspects of postmodernism in aesthetic production are outlined. Three of the most prominent theorists of postmodernism – Lyotard, Baudrillard and Jameson – are introduced, as well as their theories which will be brought into consideration in the following chapters. The objective

The Simpsons introduces us to their main characters as stereotypes. As an example, in an opening sequence we see Homer at work, which is what a stereotypical father's role is. We are also shown Homer going against the stereotype because he takes radioactive waste with him showing proof that he is incautious. Also, Marge is shown shopping and taking care of the baby Maggie. Marge is the perfect example of a stereotypical mother, in the sense that she is playing a role of a housewife and takes care of the house. On the other hand, Marge frequently goes against the stereotype because she appears to be the authority figure of the family and this is what the man of the house is supposed to do. The Simpsons show contains parody pieces of truth that are magnified to absurdity. As you can see sitcoms today reflect reality, in other words television now contains more pieces of truth than it did before. The problem is that most of today’s sitcoms are so busy enhancing the dysfunctional aspects of society in an attempt to be “realistic” that they often miss the

The Simpsons is an American situation comedy created by Matt Groening. The first episode of The Simpsons aired December 17, 1989. An exciting 24 million people tune in to watch The Simpsons each week. On April 19th, 1987 after the shorts of The Simpsons were shown on The Tracy Ullman Shown they developed it into a half-hour prime time show. The episode I will be focusing on is Hurricane Neddy which focuses on the character Ned Flanders as his family goes through a rough time with his house being destroyed. The Simpsons uses several methods such as surrealism, characterisation and satire to engage the audience by adding humour and furthering the plot.

Parody has been around from the times of the ancient Greek playwrights to Weird Al Yankovic today. Parody has been a very well-known form of comedy that has been used for centuries and hopefully centuries to come. Parody has been a great form of comedy even though it has been considered simple. Many individuals perform parody referring to music, film, television, and periodicals. One huge part of parody is the Simpsons.

Family Guy is an American animated sitcom whose creator is Seth MacFarlane. Its first episode was aired in 1999, and up to now, almost 300 episodes grouped into sixteen seasons have been aired. The main characters are the Griffin family, formed by Peter and Lois, their children Meg, Chris and Stewie, and the pet dog Brian, whose most remarkable trait is the fact that he can talk. In this dissertation, I concentrate on Meg and Stewie, who are, from my point of view, the ones that change the most throughout the development of the series.

American Indians have dealt with being stereotyped since the beginning of their relationship with white settlers. Although no longer as blatant as in the past, racist caricatures of American Indians have still persisted into the 21st century. Instances of cultural appropriation by non-Natives, disrespectful representations in media and sports, and the entertainment industry’s emphasis on archaic portrayals of American Indians have all served to dehumanize them and restrict them to the past. An example of this stereotyping occurs in the HBO TV series Westworld. Set in the future where nearly identical-to-humans robots are created for entertainment and pleasure, a theme park exists where customers can live out their fantasies in a Old West themed world. In the show, the park possesses a tribe of robots, modeled off of actual Native Americans, called Ghost Nation, who often serve as antagonists for the characters of the show. The series’ themes deal with issues of consumerism, the nature of reality, and the superficiality of base human instinct. Therefore, the stereotypical depiction of robots modeled after American Indians may be purposeful so as to add to the facade of the consumer world. However, although Westworld creators may be more aware of the stereotypes within their show, their depiction of Native Americans is still detrimental to tribal communities as it reinforces dated opinions in the minds of the less discerning.

The writers in The Simpsons episode, Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish suggest that it is okay for big businessmen to bribe/buy people and play with people’s insecurities in order to get what they want.

While watching the Simpsons episode “Marge be not Proud”, I viewed multiple deviant behaviors. No more than two minutes into the episode I found an example of deviance, so I suspected there would be many others I could use during this assignment. Throughout the episode, one of the most important behaviors I found was both deviant and criminal. This behavior was shoplifting.

Family sitcoms have been the most popular and positively influenced television shows watched since the 1900s to today. Many of these shows have consisted of African American, Caucasian, and Hispanic families who all play a role that we as watchers look up to or perceive as the right way to run our household. Over time there has been an addition to biracial shows and family role changes throughout these sitcoms. For example, now observing single parent homes, homosexual guardians and even the changing of social interaction has both positively and negatively impacted real families who are watching.

Stereotyping is usually defined as a predetermined, overwhelming belief about a meticulous group or category of people. In this day in time our popular culture often reinforces many different stereotypes, and at times over generalizes them. In this paper, I’m going to talk about how the popular TV series, American Horror Story: Freak Show, The Big Bang Theory, and The Kardashians infuse many different stereotypes into their shows, whether they be good or bad.

The writers of the Simpsons in the episode “2 cars in every garage 3 eyes on every fish” asserts that there are problems in our society that we know are there yet ignore because we hear a few fancy words.

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People constantly try to gain direction and insight from their evaluations of other people. One such way they do so is through stereotypes. Stereotypes are cognitive constructs involving an individual’s half-truths and distorted realities knowledge, expectations, and beliefs about human groups. As such, racial stereotypes are constructed beliefs that all members of the same race share certain specific characteristics. In America, the media and Hollywood play an integral role in entrenching and dispelling these stereotypes. However, Hollywood and the media create characters according to stereotypes to attract an audience, from which the viewers can reflect on and laugh at the stereotypes recognizable within American society. This paper seeks to discuss the common stereotypes in American society and how the media and Hollywood promotes those stereotypes and their impacts.