Simpsons is a comedy series having many interesting qualities in terms of characterisation social issues and
SIMPSONS ESSAY The Simpsons is a comedy series having many interesting qualities in terms of characterisation, social issues, and the treatment of humour. ... ‘The Simpsons’ is a comedy cartoon series that has been around for over fourteen years. The reason the show has been in existence for such a long time is because of the interesting qualities the show possesses. The three most dominant and important interesting qualities in ‘The Simpsons’ are the characterisation, the social issues and the treatment of humour. ... The show revolves around the Simpsons family who live in the middle class section of Springfield. ... Unlike homer, some of her bolder qualities are her intelligence, sensibility, politeness, understanding and caring nature. ... Although Bart is often called an underachiever, he does have his positive qualities. ... What is so interesting about the characters that make people keep on coming back to the show every night after fourteen years? What are the interesting qualities in terms of characterisation? The characterisation of the “people” in ‘The Simpsons’ program is very interesting if you pay close attention to the way the characters act, look, move, sound and also what the say. ... There are countless examples of stereotyping within each episode, especially in terms of appearance, personality, lifestyle and career. ... Because of the stereotypical nature of the characters, especially the main characters (the Simpsons family) the audience develops certain expectations of each character. ... Some of her uncharacteristic adventures include having a brief affair with a charming bowler, being seduced into crime by her neighbour - Ruth Power, and becoming a police officer and anti-violence activist. Another interesting quality with The Simpsons in terms of characterisation is the consistency of each character throughout the history of the show. ... The Simpsons is a show that can be watched on two different levels. There is the obvious humour side and the serious side that will portray some sort of message in each Simpsons episode. These messages come across in the various social issues that the Simpsons face in every episode. These social issues have a very broad range and include topics such as religion, work, education, ethics, sport, friends, politics, science, moral and family. Sometimes the show deals with very serious issues like religion or genetic engineering and other times the show might be based on something relatively simple like a husband not paying enough attention to his wife.