The Success of the Simpsons Essay

Its faithfulness to the original story, a musical and comedic taste and friendliness towards children makes the film more interesting and approachable to watch, appealing more people than the play. Moreover, as the Simpsons’ version is more straightforward and hence easier to understand, the producers’ message can be conveyed further. Likewise, as The Simpsons’ characters are familiar, it is easier to empathize with them and for viewers to put themselves in their

"The Simpsons" basis, a father, a mother, and three kids, is far from unusual. The "typical" American is a blue-collar worker not unlike the father, Homer, who works a mindless job at the local nuclear power plant in the Simpsons' hometown of Springfield which is basically Anytown, USA. Marge, the mother, is a fairly typical housewife besides her large blue beehive hairdo. Bart, is the rebellious older son; Lisa, the under-appreciated middle child; and Maggie, the adorable baby. The Simpsons don't live in luxury, but they are a generally happy family that encounters the problems of everyday, and not-so-everyday, life, something that millions can relate to. But there is something that sets "The Simpsons" apart from the

Homer quit his job, went back to school, and won the County Science Fair. He was sent to Indianapolis for the National Science Fair. His dad was disappointed again that Homer went back to building rockets. He was the only one in town who didn't believe in Homer and his friends. His father helped him out when all of Homer's rocket supplies were stolen in Indianapolis the night before the science fair. His father made him

death, there is a discovery of Homer’s dead body laying in the bed upstairs. It appears

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

In light of Homers feelings toward marriage Emily had been seen in town at the jewelers purchasing a men’s toilet set in silver with the letters H.B. on each

Thus far, pubic television has failed to adopt popular media forms. Public television stations such as PBS failed to attract larger and more diverse audiences because they kept their programming intellectual and dull rather than building on popular aspects of television culture. Ouellette and Lewis argue that PBS could have incorporated sitcoms, soaps, and sports into their programming and then

In one episode, Homer makes an unwitting jab at U.S health care. "America's health care system is second only to Japan's . . ." he says, then adds, "Canada's . . . Sweden's . . . Great Britain's . . . well, all of Europe" (McAllister 1494). In another, Homer tries to buy a gun although he is a felon and a former mental patient on the government's list of "potentially dangerous" people. In a lampoon of American gun control, the dealer tells him that being "potentially dangerous" means only that he must wait a week before he can buy a weapon (Cantor).

The Simpsons episode is considered comical to it’s viewers. It is not supposed to be a serious tone like Lord of the Flies. This is why the groups of kids both have different ways of handling things and keeping things in order. In the episode “Das Bus”, Nelson portrays Jack, Lisa portrays Simon, the two twins portray Sam and Eric, and Milhouse portrays Piggy. When Milhouse is charged for getting them stuck on this island, it is proposed that they have a court session to

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

Homer Simpson is a fictional character and one of the main protagonists in the TV show The Simpsons. Dan Castellanta voices him. He lives in a fictional town called Springfield, Oregon, United States. He is married to Marge Simpson with three children named Bart, Lisa and Maggie. He has a pet dog named Santa’s Little Helper and cat called Snowball. Homer currently works in the show at a Nuclear Power Plant as a Safety inspector but has worked at previous jobs before. Homer is known to be crude, overweight, clumsy, lazy, heavy drinker and ignorant. (Simpsons Wiki, n.d)

not be as good as we imagined. We are shown quick little images of all

When Wally visits we learn that Homer has a heart disease or dysfunction so this maybe part of the reason that Homer is a very slow and enunciating talker. When he gets excited or shows emotion he doesn't take it over the edge, he keeps his composure at all times. So you can say that Homer is calm, cool, and collected. Homer has this way of giving sheepish smiles, and an aw-shucks way of presenting himself, that is a major appeal to the viewer and makes them fall in love with the young character.

As many know, Marge and Homer are the main characters along with Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. Marge and Homer represent the good vs. bad parent. In one episode, Maggie hits Homer on the head with a mallet because she saw Itchy hit Scratchy on the head with a mallet. Marge takes it upon herself to get violent cartoons banned. She sends many letters to the corporation but they just ignore it and keep doing what they do because to them, Marge is a nobody. But Marge insists and makes the issue big so finally they turn Itchy and Scratchy to a harmless TV show. Kids get bored with it and play outside. There are so many good examples of satire in this episode. First, it shows how kids are easily influenced by television shows, and if they are shown something bad, they may go out and do it in real life (shown when Maggie hits Homer in the head). This concept on how violence on TV ruins kids is insane. If taught right from wrong, children will know not to do bad thing from TV. Another example of satire is how big companies or corporations don’t give two craps on what people think. Unless they are big or famous, their opinion is irrelevant. This connects 100% with the real world. Homer represents the parents who really doesn’t care as much what

just make a joke about the time which they are set in (stone age and