by Daniel Johnson
November 14, 2023
The Simpsons won’t be retiring its use of Homer Simpson strangling Bart.
Opposite to a earlier talks, The Simpsons won’t be retiring the act of Homer Simpson strangling Bart. In accordance with Advanced, James L. Brooks, the founding father of Gracie Movies, the corporate that produces the animated sitcom, says the gag goes nowhere.
Brooks talked to Folks in regards to the episode which has generated numerous on-line dialog, “McMansion and Spouse.” Brooks informed the outlet, “Don’t assume for a second we’re altering something.”
Brooks then produced an animated panel exhibiting Homer strangling Bart who was holding a smartphone with a headline that learn “Simpsons: No Extra Strangling” A phrase bubble above Homer’s head learn “Why you little clickbaiting-!!” which might be taken as a response to the web dialog in regards to the Oct 22 episode.
Brooks additionally indicated that Homer was not going to cease throttling his son’s neck, saying “He’ll (Bart) proceed to be strangled—[if] you wish to use that terrible time period for it. He’ll proceed to be liked by his father in a particular approach.” Although Brooks made that declare to Folks, the final time Bart was really strangled was in 2019-2020 throughout season 31.
The Simpsons has been very sluggish to react to cultural shifts, regardless of being a popular culture fixture for the final 34 years. The present allowed Dr. Hibbert, a Black character, to be voiced by Henry Shearer, a white man, up till 2021 when he was changed by Kevin Michael Richardson. The character Apu, equally took far too lengthy to be tailored to altering cultural sensitivities. Matt Azaria, a white man, voiced the character, which had been beneath hearth for a portrayal of unfavourable stereotypes about Indian-Individuals, up till 2022. Azaria mentioned on an episode of The Armchair Podcast in 2021 that his white privilege blinded him from seeing the hurt, saying “I actually didn’t know any higher.”
“I didn’t give it some thought. I used to be unaware how a lot relative benefit I had obtained on this nation as a white child from Queens. Simply because there have been good intentions it doesn’t imply there weren’t actual unfavourable penalties to the factor that I’m accountable for.”
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