Well in this weeks reading we went away from voglers hero journey once again. We actually focused on an article about the simpsons and it value on televsion. In the reading it talked about how the show was a bif risk for Fox's television company. This was because the simpsons played with many American Values that citizens deal with everyday. The Simpsons show played with many of those elements and actually made everything that might have been seriously in our american econmy very humorous. This show was criticized on many different ways for is lack of discpiline and respect for the American culture.
My reaction to this peice was positive. Atlhough i knew the simpsons was very funny i still believe that it is quite wrong to destroy American values. People that are living well in life may watch the show in laugh because they dont have almost any of the problems a regular middle class family would. They laugh because they never see them sleves in such bad situatution. On the other hand people that are lower class will look at this and not find this as humorous. They see these hardships and they see themselves struggling everyday.
This article reflected to many tv shows that are on tv today. Alot of the shows on tv reflect the same values as the show the simpsons. These shows show life in a different perspective of life. These shows stretch out American values to the fullest and they destroy them. This might be funny to people that dont have these problems. but people with these problems may see this as disrespect.
1. Are you discrimnated against in the Simpsons?
2. Do you find the simpsons harm American values?
3. What shows on tv reflect the simpsons?
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