Why? New Simpsons does not care for “why”.
The storylines are familiar yet frantic: one episode starts with Maggie trapped in a bathroom, but then that’s immediately dropped in favour of the revelation that Santa’s Little Helper has sired puppies (again), which is then itself immediately dropped in favour of the revelation that Krusty the Clown isn’t actually Jewish and needs to have a Barmitzvah. The show is immediately weird in a way that I can’t put my finger on: it is like watching home movies but someone has slightly switched around the furniture, or replaced your family with clones who are 25% taller. I start with season 15, and The Simpsons’ trip to London (where special guest star Tony Blair attempted to distract everyone from the war in Iraq by turning up in a jetpack and delivering a half-joke about the white cliffs of Dover). In doing so, I plan to answer the ultimate question: is The Simpsons still cromulent in the 21st century? Monday morning Well this week, I will eat those shorts, by watching three episodes from each season from season 15 onwards. It will not die, marching onwards relentlessly like a Treehouse of Horror III zombie, softly d’ohing and imploring the audience to eat its shorts. The 32nd season started airing last week there have been 371 new episodes since the beginning of Season 15. Let’s say Season 15 is the moment The Simpsons went stale (although arguably it happened long before) – that was 17 years ago.
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