http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX1iplQQJTo&feature=player_embedded
The Simpsons used to be my favorite show on TV. I have the first 12 seasons on DVD, and the show was full of awesomeness. Around that time ( I don't know exactly where) the show jumped the shark. It started recycling old episodes, and it became clear that the show I once loved had run its course. I tune in from time to time, if a celebrity I like does a cameo or something. Mostly, I have moved on. Also, at the same time, I would like to point out that I have a pretty dark sense of humor. I can laugh at stuff that would make others cringe.
Even I have my limits. If you watch that link above, you'll see what I mean. I know that The Simpsons is made overseas (In Korea, I think). I never pictured it quite like that. I think that video was supposed be sort of an attack (or political statement) against 20th Century Fox. The thing is, The Simpsons have survived for so long because of the support of the network. By that logic, if Fox is guilty of allowing Dickensian workhouses to create their shows, than the creators of The Simpsons are, too. Where that intro is meant to be an attack, it comes off more almost as though the creators are proud of the fact that others suffer so they can have their millions of dollars in merchandising. It's kind of like if the Nazis made a video about the mistreatment of Jews...that was filmed in their own Concentration Camps. It's enough to make you scream "WTF?!?" That's a little extreme, but that's how I felt about it. I think the show has gone too far. This may be a case of "It's art, and I'm not smart enough to get it", but that last clip is one of the most dark, inappropriate, unfunny, and sad things that I have ever seen. For shame, creators of The Simpsons, for shame.
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I think that the dark parody is better understood if you are a fan of banksy's work. I didn't think it went to far I think it was funny, and I feel like it was actually an attack on people who feel that think the Simposons jumped the shark or could do such cruel things to make their millions; which there are many who thinks they'd sell their mother's souls to make a buck. I realize how eloquent this wasn't but hopefully I got my general gist across.
ReplyDeleteI was just informed that Banksy made the whole opening for this episode I now find it even funnier.
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