This article is about the popular T.V show The Simpsons and how it started as short cartoons that were aired by the television network FOX. The Simpsons portray a typical middle class American family with three kids and a dog. This article talks a lot about how the characters in The Simpsons do not have full multi faceted personalities and represent more ideas. An example is how Lisa is the idea of rationality. The Simpsons is a “sarcastic critique of…American life” each episode is about a different issue of the American lifestyle.
I always thought something was strange about the characters from the Simpsons and that their characters were never fully developed. I really agree with the article when it says that the characters represent more of an idea then a personality. I thought it was interesting how Marge represents the modern house wife. She is never fully appreciated by Homer or her kids no matter how much she does for them. This article also makes fun of the role of television and commercials in the American lifestyle. The commercials and advertisements make people think that they need and cannot live without what is being advertised.
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