Leaving Springfield: The Simpsons and the Possibility of Oppositional Culture (Contemporary Film and Television Series)

Leaving Springfield: The Simpsons and the Possibility of Oppositional Culture (Contemporary Film and Television Series)

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A study of the landmark television program "The Simpsons" which focuses on the show's dual roles as subversive political satire and mainstream mass media hit.

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Since its first appearance as a series of cartoon vignettes in 1987 and its debut as a weekly program in 1990, "The Simpsons" has had multiple, even contradictory, media identities. Although the show has featured biting political and social satire, which often proves fatal to mass public acceptance, "The Simpsons" entered fully into the mainstream, consistently earning high ratings from audiences and critics alike.

"Leaving Springfield" addresses the success of "The Simpsons" as a corporate-manufactured show that openly and self-reflexively parodies the very consumer capitalism it simultaneously promotes. By exploring such topics as the impact of the show's satire on its diverse viewing public and the position of "The Simpsons" in sitcom and television animation history, the commentators develop insights into the ways parody intermixes with mass media to critique post modern society.

Leaving Springfield: The Simpsons and the Possibility of Oppositional Culture (Contemporary Film and Television Series),John Alberti,Wayne State University Press,0814328490,General,Plays / Drama,Popular Culture - General,Simpsons (Television program),Social Science,Sociology,Television - General

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