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Anyone who thinks Hollywood is run by a liberal cabal won't change his mind after watching The Simpsons' annual Halloween special. The episode, which airs Nov. 5, concludes with an Iraq war satire that may rank as the most pointed political statement the show has ever made. In the segment, aliens invade Springfield to prevent mankind from obtaining "weapons of mass disintegration," but their mission, called "Operation Enduring Occupation," turns into a quagmire. "You said we would be greeted as liberators!" accuses one alien.
"We were looking for an ending to the episode, and it just kind of suggested itself," says Simpsons executive producer Al Jean. "I'd like to take credit for being adventuresome, but I think we're expressing a viewpoint 69 percent of the country agrees with."
Perhaps—but in the past, the show's writers have usually been careful to maintain an ironic distance from the hot-button issues they've tackled, including abortion and evolution. The Halloween segment, in contrast, feels remarkably earnest, right up to its final line: "This sure is a lot like Iraq will be." That line may not make it to the air; some of the writers want it cut, says Jean, though not because it's politically loaded. "The debate is whether people already get it and we're being too obvious," he adds.
Jean makes no apologies for the sobering tone of the segment: "When you read the headlines, it's just so sad for everybody over there."
He says there was little concern about alienating conservative viewers, and no interference from Fox (whose conservative corporate chairman, Rupert Murdoch, has lately been accused of drifting to the left). "They didn't have any objection to this," he says.
In fact, he says, if The Simpsons doesn't weigh in on more political controversies, it's partly because it takes a full year for a script to get filmed and broadcast. "It's actually a good inner check on us."
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aw crap, this was meant for the general board.
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Rob,
When you cut and paste from someone else's article it's always courteous to provide a link to the original - in this case written by Jeff Bercovici at http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2006/10/simpsons-pitch-tent-in-antiwar-camp.php
Doing so also prevents you from being accused of plagiarism. ;D
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Rob,
When you cut and paste from someone else's article it's always courteous to provide a link to the original - in this case written by Jeff Bercovici at http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2006/10/simpsons-pitch-tent-in-antiwar-camp.php
Doing so also prevents you from being accused of plagiarism. ;D
Wow Rob, you're a common thief... :-\
Your political idiocy has no bounds! :-*
You need to stop turning towards hollywood to back up your agenda... real weak brother :-X
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Rob,
When you cut and paste from someone else's article it's always courteous to provide a link to the original - in this case written by Jeff Bercovici at http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2006/10/simpsons-pitch-tent-in-antiwar-camp.php
Doing so also prevents you from being accused of plagiarism. ;D
People tend to see a non-FOXnews website and rant about it before they even read the article. It was from Drudge.
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I'll be downloading this episode
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The makers of The Simpsons have always injected religious and political humor into the program.
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The makers of The Simpsons have always injected religious and political humor into the program.
240 is delusional.
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I think that 240 brings up many good points.
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I think that 240 brings up many good points.
Sure he does, but that doesn't mean he is NOT a delusional loonatic.
Some of his shit is just fucking ridiculous...
E.g. http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=101008.0