The Simpsons: The Family, Its Humor And The Cultural Impact
The Simpsons: The family, its Humor and the Cultural Impact
The Simpsons has been a cultural phenomenon since its appearance as animated sketches on the Tracy Ullman show in 1987.According to Jason Mittell Simpsons is an alleged embodiment of postmodernism and representative of the post-Fordist area.(Mittell,2001).The series itself revolves around a family of average Americans, each character representing an exaggerated version of his own family members. In three articles three authors have managed to look at the show in three different ways which are the concept of family, The genre and the sense of humor and the correlation between the simpsons and popular culture
According to Korte in his paper “The Simpsons as quality Television” …show more content…
As close as the animated family seems to its real counterparts its unconventional way of driving and exploiting the characters is unique only to “The Simpsons”. (Korte, …show more content…
(Geoff, 2002)
The Simpsons is a show that embraces popular culture. Throughout the show various figures in the spotlight of modern and popular have been introduced as characters some more recurring in episodes than other but the show itself does not fail to present a comical but critical representation of many modern social paradigms. According to Moyer "The Simpsons" has been a show with a constant timeline of educating and illustrating on any field of comprehension. (Moyer,2001) “It 's witty remarks and subtle humor, the show continues to entertain us with pop culture parody 's and wise-ass comments. Social psychology is found around us all. The only thing we as observers, customers, and students must do is recognize it; sometimes, even try to comprehend and understand it. Who knows, maybe one of us will "pull a Homer" and not even realize
The Simpsons has been a cultural phenomenon since its appearance as animated sketches on the Tracy Ullman show in 1987.According to Jason Mittell Simpsons is an alleged embodiment of postmodernism and representative of the post-Fordist area.(Mittell,2001).The series itself revolves around a family of average Americans, each character representing an exaggerated version of his own family members. In three articles three authors have managed to look at the show in three different ways which are the concept of family, The genre and the sense of humor and the correlation between the simpsons and popular culture
According to Korte in his paper “The Simpsons as quality Television” …show more content…
As close as the animated family seems to its real counterparts its unconventional way of driving and exploiting the characters is unique only to “The Simpsons”. (Korte, …show more content…
(Geoff, 2002)
The Simpsons is a show that embraces popular culture. Throughout the show various figures in the spotlight of modern and popular have been introduced as characters some more recurring in episodes than other but the show itself does not fail to present a comical but critical representation of many modern social paradigms. According to Moyer "The Simpsons" has been a show with a constant timeline of educating and illustrating on any field of comprehension. (Moyer,2001) “It 's witty remarks and subtle humor, the show continues to entertain us with pop culture parody 's and wise-ass comments. Social psychology is found around us all. The only thing we as observers, customers, and students must do is recognize it; sometimes, even try to comprehend and understand it. Who knows, maybe one of us will "pull a Homer" and not even realize