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¶ … Simpsons', is the animated story of America's most dysfunctional family 'The Simpsons' started life as a five-minute slot on 'The Tracey Ullman Show'. Although it wasn't quite the polished show it is today, the basics where there: a dysfunctional family, living in a place called Springfield, populated by other average Americans, supported by the local nuclear power plant and located somewhere in America. The mix of believable characters, tight, witty scripts and a low schmaltz-factor immediately charmed the audience.
In the episode "JAWS WIRED SHUT," Homer finds himself running from a group of incensed movie ushers brandishing sections of an oversized Kit-Kat bar. The chase ends in the park where Homer's forward momentum is severely changed by a bronzed fist emanating from a statue of Frederick Tatum. The result is a broken jaw, which Dr. Hibbert is more than happy to wire together. The failure to speak clearly or eat solid food might break a lesser man, but after some initial frustration, Homer hits his wired shut stride. Using a chalkboard to communicate, he gains a newborn respect from his family for his thoughtfulness and understanding....
Even when the wires come off, he is able to maintain a more peaceful behavior. Unfortunately, Marge, who had delighted in her husband's fresh outlook, now is becoming anxious by the suddenly relaxed nature of her formerly chaotic household. Seeking an outlet for her pent up energies, she perhaps overcompensates and drives smack dab into the middle of a demolition derby. Homer arrives as she is being battered from every angle, but cannot quite trigger his outrageous stunt mechanism. His first beer since the accident not consumed with via a straw does the trick. Homer saves the day.
After his painful mishap, Homer initially rebels against his temporary oral closure, filling the time by snorting steaks and siphoning beer. Homer basic thought patterns have not really changed, but the idiotic outbursts are concealed, thus cooling his jets and presenting a newly perceived image to his family. His asking about her day warms Marge, but for Homer the best part of the "conversation" is learning that Marge shares some his negative feelings toward Ned Flanders. He takes time to comfort an upset Lisa, but "Maybe a hug will cork her cry hole" is…
That is the viewer must be more attuned to pop culture to enjoy each episode because they're not watching the show for it's story arc or character development within each show (like in the earlier years), they're watching it to see what snarky political and social commentary the show will make or what movie the storyline of the episode will parody. This reflects a change in the media cultural
For example, the popular sitcoms Good Times and Sanford and Son showed working class neighborhoods and the problems of violence, crime, and social oppression, and yet how humor always finds its way into these character's lives. The 1970s also brought about a new late night live comedy show, called Saturday Night Live. This show had its first run from 1975 to 1980, and made political humor the centerpiece of Saturday
Popular Entertainment Venues Family obligations are often at the heart of individual drive and guilt. They can drive a person to succeed and they can drive a person to do things that go against their very nature. In the film Alice Adams, the play Buried Child and the television series Everybody Loves Raymond the concepts of family obligation are the underlying motive to plot and action. The thing that is
" (Halpin and Burt, 1998) DuBois states: "The history of the American Negro is the history of this strife -- this longing to attain self-conscious manhood, to merge his double self into a better and truer self. In this merging he wishes neither of the older selves to be lost. He would not Africanize America, for America has too much to teach the world and Africa. He would not bleach
EDSE 600: History and Philosophy of Education / / 3.0 credits The class entitled, History and Philosophy of Education, focused on the origin of education and the "philosophical influences of modern educational theory and practice. Study of: philosophical developments in the Renaissance, Reformation, and revolutionary periods; social, cultural and ideological forces which have shaped educational policies in the United States; current debates on meeting the wide range of educational and social-emotional
Boondocks and South Park We are accustomed to thinking of cartoons -- whether illustrated or animated -- as being a form of children's entertainment. Yet it is worth recalling that for almost nine decades, the Pulitzer Prize committee has annually given a prize for editorial cartooning, highlighting the effectiveness of the medium in delivering intelligent commentary. Moreover, the Pulitzer has sometimes gone to daily "strip" cartoonists rather than those who draw