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Please put it out of its misery
posted by DRDMovieMusingsSTAFFMOD on November 7, 2017 at 1:39 PM
Flogging this dead horse is a travesty. It was culturally significant, one of the great shows of all time...and it's long past its expiry date.
Can they not find the respect, the dignity, to stop this ongoing charade? And leave us with the memories of a phenomenon that changed things - although, not altogether for the better, as it foisted upon us a barrage of adult cartoons racing each other to the bottom of the barrel of crassness, shock, and toilet humor that bears little resemblance to the insightful satire and social commentary that The Simpsons originally brought to the table.
You, of course, may disagree, but you've got to give me bonus points for correctly using both "it's" and "its" in one sentence.
Reply by DRDMovieMusings
on March 29, 2023 at 9:27 AM
Lane gets no honor from me. That Tyson-Holyfield fight was a travesty, he failed to maintain a level playing field for both fighters. Holyfield got away with a barrage of deliberate head-butts, Lane did nothing about it, Tyson retaliated with the now infamous tactic, and was made to look like the bad guy.
Reply by rooprect
on April 2, 2023 at 8:16 AM
Holy cow I'm just seeing this and realizing this show is still going?? The horror the horror.
I totally agree with OP that this was a snapshot in time, irreverent, crass, immature and sarcastic. HILARIOUS at the time. But kinda like the 7th grade class clown, he's funny with that 1 fart joke but if he keeps doing it every day you just want to flush his head down the toilet.
The only way shows survive past 1 generation (artistically speaking, I'm not talking profitability) is if the characters continually evolve or get replaced. Probably the best example would be Saturday Night Live since the cast, writers & characters constantly get updated. I mean, hilarious as it may have been at the time, we don't want 50 years of John Belushi doing samurai deli every week.
I haven't seen the Simpsons in ages but if they're the same characters & the same brand of humor from 30+ years ago then yeah, no thanks.