media research project- The Simpsons

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ABSTRACT This analyzed three themes used in the animated cartoon The Simpsons ' such as racism , sexual politics and moral issues through research and analysis approaches of existing publications in to find out what is represented in the satirical animated cartoon , how and why they are displayed and what are the messages that creators send to both the adult and children audiences . It is evident from the said television show that a satire on American

culture is represented on the widely-accepted culture phenomenon , The Simpsons . This satire is effectively and efficiently displayed in the show because it is ingrained in modern-day realisms amid other things . The primary purpose of The Simpsons ' is to be entertaining . On a superficial level , the show merely uses popular current issues on the plot as an excuse to make jokes and amusing visual sequences . On a deeper level , however , The Simpsons ' uses these popular current issues for satirical purposes . The messages that the creators send to both the adult and children audiences are the pretense and ineptness of pop psychology , commercialism contemporary child-nurturing , ecological abuse , basic faith and beliefs corporate insatiability , the shams of American education , and consumerism

INTRODUCTION

The Simpsons , in its simplest sense , tells the story of the Simpson family , each of whom fills a stock sitcom role . The father , Homer , is a fat , lazy , bumbler stuck in a dead-end job . Marge , the mother , is a homemaker . The oldest child , Bart , is a troublemaker , while the middle child , Lisa , possesses a near genius-level of intelligence . The youngest child , Maggie , is "agitatedly sucking at her pacifier , staring wide-eyed and mute as if in horror at what she is destined to become (Jones 267

Evolution has laughed at Homer Simpson . He is characterized as the lovable , if not terribly intelligent father who tries hard to his family , his boss , and his friends , to varying degrees of success . A fumbling but devoted husband , Homer works as a safety inspector at the hilariously unsafe nuclear power plant . To him , it is a basically meaningless job that he does not particularly like , but is resigned to and even comfortable in

Homer 's wife , Marge , is a patient and devoted woman . The lady of the towering blue beehive hair-do runs the Simpson family home , caring for her husband and children like a stereotypical American mother , serving as the model of morality and wholesomeness . Unlike traditional sit-coms though , on The Simpsons , the wife is considerably more intellectually gifted than husband Homer (though that may not be saying much . However very much in accordance with traditional patriarchal programs of the past , she never asserts herself even though she 's always right . Marge 's moral qualms are a frequent episodic theme , and developing the personalities of the family members and townspeople through moral issues is a common occurrence

Bartholomew J . Simpson is ten years old and is the constant prankster In becoming the...