The Simpsons Reflection

Along with the satire of the ignorance of consumers these episode also discusses many stereotypes of modern day society. In this episode Bart meets a new kid, Bashir whose family recently moved to the United States from Jordan. The Simpsons have Bashir and his family over for dinner and Homer becomes suspicious of them because they are Muslim. Throughout the episode Homer tries, to prove that Bashir’s parents are terrorists. This situation represents the stereotypes that are created by society and some believe that all Muslim are dangerous terrorist. Sarcasm is shown in many instances, one that stuck out was when Homer makes fun of the Muslim religion and culture. Instead of saying “Praise Allah” he says “Praise be to Oliver” and instead of saying the Kuraan, he says “the Corona” Stereotypes are shown when Homer automatically assumes that Bashir’s parents are terrorists since they are Muslim. Another example is when one of Homer’s friend Leny tells him “He’s Muslim, so he must be up to something.”

American society has been known as the melting pot of our world’s many diverse cultures. A nation where many come together to form a multicultural environment. Stemming from this American melting pot of culture is the animated television show, The Simpsons, “a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle,” (Flew 1994, p. 97). Starting out as a comic strip created by Matt Groening, The Simpsons came into existence as a thirty minute television show in 1989. As of today, the show has produced over 573 different episodes over a remarkable span of 26 years, and has already been renewed for seasons 27 and 28. The show tends to make many references to our American culture making it a comedic sort of reference to what issues are happening

The Simpsons is a unique and biting satire that not only mirrors the norms, values, and practices of American society but also acts as an agent of socialization that exposes the underlying issues perpetuated in American culture. The Simpsons is an iconic animated series that has packed in references to the highs and lows of American culture since 1989. The long-running primetime cartoon satirically engages with a variety of issues that deal with topics such as gender, religion, marriage, and social class. The iconic series offers a parody of American life that reaffirms middle class myths and lifestyles present in mainstream American culture. The Simpsons has established a place for itself in American

On one hand, Christians would see the fact that the Simpson home burned and that Homer was saved by Flanders as divine retribution and a second chance by God for Homer’s refusal to attend weekly services. On the other, atheists would say that the fact that Homer saw God in his dreams would be simply another instance of people using easily explained natural phenomena to reinforce their biases and confirmation bias when Homer reinforces his belief in God by being saved by Flanders (Confirmation Bias). Nevertheless, the show accommodates many different cultures and beliefs. Pinksy says “individually, family members represent a spectrum of belief, from Homer's fear-based neo-paganism, to Marge's true belief, to Lisa's disenchantment with mainline, socially conscious Protestantism, in favor of Buddhism” as well as the fundamentalist Flanders family. He also adds that “other, non-Protestant denominations and faiths also figure in episodes—Catholicism, Judaism, Hinduism and Buddhism (but not Islam)” (Pinsky). Regardless, the show has been criticized by Christians since its

The O.J.:Made In America Documentary revealed many truths to me. The documentary offered an insight into many things I haven’t learned about before in any classes or only briefly touched upon. The most significant truths I learned are that money affects your level of justice, race influences perspective, people just defer blame, and people just want to be entertained.

Homer blames Bashers family for not being able to take toothpaste aboard an aircraft. Homer is relating this issue to 9/11 where Middle Eastern people were involved, and that it is Bashers family fault for it. This is humorous to some, as people use humour deal with tragedies like 9/11. Marge also indirectly scrutinises Religions when she says ‘Lisa, add another name to our Christmas card list. Next to our Jewish friends.’ There are two indirect references to religion, where Jewish and Muslim culture do not celebrate Christmas. Also Jewish and Muslim’s are traditional enemy’s in war and putting them next to each other in a Christmas card list is stereotypical of marge being an ignorant American. The Writer has shown that black humour is demeaning to people and religion, but it is also funny to

“Some things never change” would say an adult after seeing something that reminds them of the ol’ days. It’s like a wave of nostalgia when they see the younger generation going through similar things like kids selling lemonade on the sidewalk, teenagers preparing for their prom, or adults pimpin’ out their lowriders and 1955 Chevy Bel Air cars. It’s all good memories until they dig deeper into the good ol’ days and uncover some of the ugly truths that lay hidden. It’s also about recognizing that the Jim Crow laws existed and how discriminatory they were to the African American community. Today in age it seems like nothing has changed because the discrimination hasn’t gone anywhere, but it’s making an especially big comeback with today’s mass incarceration.

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.

Situation comedy has used conventions satire and parody is used to reinforce/challenge ideas and stereotypes through the mocking of societal issues. In this essay I will discuss about how stereotypes and common ideas are constructed, and how they are supported or challenged in The Simpsons and Modern Family through the use of satire, and parody. The first sitcom viewed was The Simpsons (in-class viewing),and is used to explore and support the common idea of ‘consumer capitalism’ in society plus the idea of ‘consumer debt’ through the use of exaggeration and parody. The other sitcom viewed (home viewing) was the Modern Family episode called ‘Sleeper’ which constructs and challenges both parental stereotypes whilst supporting the stereotypical traits of gay couples through the use of exaggeration and irony.

At one time or another almost every child has read a story about mystical beings, dashing heroes, and evil villains, all acting out a story in a mysterious place, in a time long, long ago. Fairy Tales, while almost purely of a fictional content, offer us a glimpse into the culture and social staples of a certain society. The classic fairy tale Hansel and Gretel, by the Brother's Grimm, depicts two young siblings abandoned in the forest by their parents during a time of a great famine. The Simpson's has long been a fundamental element of many adolescent children and is a modern, and somewhat skewed, version of the classic fairy tale. These two mediums of expression, however different they may be, give us concepts and facts about

This is just the beginning credits from every Simpsons show. From the description given here, it sounds like a nice normal family but actually seeing the events transcribed here paints a very different picture. Each family member in the sequence does something stereotypical of an individual in America. Bart, for example, is getting into trouble, running into people on the sidewalks with his skateboard. His character could be the preteen troublemaker we see all across the country. Yet he is clever when performing his wild and crazy antics all over town. In one episode, Bart writes in for a personal ad in the paper. Come to find out the lady behind the ad is his teach Mrs. Krabappel. He uses his street smarts and child's imagination to create a fake man, write her love letters, and even come up with a picture to send. Realizing the trouble this could cause him, Bart ends the "relationship" but in an extremely creative manner. The mischief of this ten year old boy could be called typical of all boys his age. Granted not all little boys end up getting into so much trouble. Any parent can confess that, for the most part, their children are well behaved and good natured. Elementary school teachers are always telling the school and the parents about the great things their students have been doing in class. Although this is true, there are those that like to make a teacher's and parent's life a little more interesting. Bart is a representative of all the antics

After watching O.J. Made in America, I gained a different perspective of O.J Simpson and the understanding of how society was back in the early 50’s. When I had first heard of O.J Simpson it was not about football or him being in movies, it was about how he had brutally murdered his wife at the time and her lover. Along with hearing about how he had brutally murdered the two, it was known how he was self-centered, very egocentric and would try to talk his way out of everything which the film had stated. In the beginning of the film it showed O.J Simpson in court, being asked if he was first arrested at the age of 46. Then instantly moved forward to how his football career started. I feel like the director did this to show how O.J was before the allegation of him being convicted of manslaughter. High school he was known for football and eventually a college recruiter scouted him from the University of South California. Furthering his fame with football he was known in college for the “run”. The run was when USC was playing against UCLA. When USC was losing badly within 11 minutes O.J made a touch down making the win for USC. Finally From there the New York Buffalo’s coach recruited him where later on he had retired from the football fame to now being an actor.

In the book, The Giver by Lois Lowry, the readers have many different feelings throughout the book. Sometimes the readers feel confused. For example, on page 104 it says, “Do you mean that now you don’t have the memory of it - of that ride on the sled - anymore? That’s right. A little weight off this old body.”

The Giver is a morally driven and thought-provoking story about a young boy called Jonas who lives in a society free of crime, sadness, pain, death, music, color and love. The story follows Jonas as he receives the memories of the past, good and bad, from the current Receiver, who is called the Giver. The Giver transfers memories by placing his hands on Jonas 's forearms. The first memory he receives is of a thrilling sled ride, which he will remake in the end of the movie. Jonas discovers the dangerous truths of his community 's secret past. Armed with the power of knowledge, which he knew about from memories (Ways of Knowledge), Jonas realizes that he must release all the memories to the community to allow them to feel

The Croods was such an interesting story. Even though it was an animated movie, but it somehow related to our real world. Well, actually, The Croods was a movie about one family that contains six family members. They were Grug, the father, Ugga, the mother, Eep, the eldest, Thunk, the second, Sandy, the youngest and also their grandmother which is Gran. They live in the cave or also known as caveman, where they need to change their life from live in the dark and facing up the real world. And of course they need to stay far away from their ‘house’ and move on from their bored daily routine which is, every morning they will struggle themselves to hunt something to eat and at night they will listen to any story that tells by the father before go to bed. They live with a rule that been made by the father. They need to follow all the rules for the sake of their safety. Every day, that is the only routine that they have, until they met a guy names ‘Guy’ that have been truly changed their life and brings them to a place that they called as ‘tomorrow’.