Simpson's Annotation

As a fan of the show in question, I would say that the author was humorously accurate. Although I have watched the Simpsons since about age 14, I feel somewhat naive in not thinking about the show the way the author did. The author took into account many issues in modern American society that were joked about in the show. "Hypocrisy within the educational system, religious beliefs, American political structures, and even capitalism are revealed with a constant sense of humor." (Paragraph 1, page 1) I did get most of the jokes displayed in the show as a kid, but I never thought to take the events into perspective. I watched it purely for entertainment purposes. I might have gotten where the author came from when he talked about the political aliens episode before reading this paper, but outside of that, I never thought about how much the show makes fun of everything. Even though this is a cartoon we're talking about, there is some truth to the events being portrayed about American society.