Apparently the popular, long running show on Fox, The Simpsons, recently ran a controversial intro to the show. Now, I personally have not watched the Simpsons in quite sometime. I just lost interest. In no way am I saying the show is not good. On the contrary, it has, most of the time, been intelligent and funny and satirical all at the same time. I found an article on the Entertainment Weekly website that describes the opening sequence and it poses some interesting questions that I would like to answer. But first, the thing that got everyone all ruffled:
Now, I will be the first to say that, yeah, that was a little much. Kind of not the norm for such a show as the Simpsons. Now the article asks "How did this get to air?" Well, honestly, it was rather harmless. It's not like Banksy hijacked the intro to the show and made everyone air his intro. Someone at Fox and at The Simpsons had to have seen it and approve it. The article also points out that not only does it put Fox in a bad position, but The Simpsons as well. As we all know, The Simpsons takes some pretty nasty jabs at Fox from time to time. Granted this makes them look good and Fox look bad, but I wouldn't put it past the creative team at the show to do this to prove a point and not care who looks bad. Hell, the show has been on for over 20 seasons, what do they have to lose? However the story is, if the Simpsons are making a statement that yes the show is made in Korea(...which it is, that is old news...it's even in the credits of the show) and yes it is made in horrible conditions where pandas are made to pull carts and kittens are killed to stuff dolls and unicorns are chained up to punch holes in DVDs, then there it is and guess who is bankrolling all of that? Fox. Can the Simpsons team do anything about it? I don't know. But, I think they probably just did.
