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Thinking Differently The episode Mypods and Boomsticks from the noteworthy satirical TV show The Simpsons is an effective piece of work designed to criticise Apple products and customers and condemn racism towards religions. This episode revolves heavily around Bart and how he deals with racism towards his new friend, Lisa and the problems of being a consumer of Apple products and Homer with his racism towards a religion he doesn’t understand. The director of this episode has used Bart to satirise racism towards religion. Featured heavily in this episode is Bart as he becomes the responsible person who tries to convince other people to be accepting of different religions. In the episode, Bart is confronted by the school bullies with his new friend. After a few insults Bart tells the bullies that they are all of different …show more content…
Racism is displayed through Homer even though in truth the things he believes Muslims do are, nothing like most Muslims and their values. Throughout the episode, Homer makes many comical and idiotic attempts to prove that the Bashir’s family is up to something. At one point in the episode, Homer goes to Bashir’s home and talks to his mum. In this scene, Homer says “I heard somewhere your people are hospitable.” Mina (Bashir’s mum) replies “That is true. You may come in.” Homer then exclaims “Praised be Oliver!” Then Mina corrects “That’s Allah.” Finally, Homer says “Well, look it up in the Corona.” This exchange shows that Homer in truth actually knows nothing about Muslims. That scene is an example of malapropism. This causes the viewer laugh at the jokes and think how they might be like Homer and consider how much they actually understand about other religions and their beliefs. The director of this episode is extremely successful in portraying Homer as the antagonist to Bart’s cause and a stereotypical racist
One concept from chapter eight I find to be very relevant to this episode are the theories of race and ethnicity, specifically the conflict theory. The conflict theory is the belief that majority groups use racism and ethnocentrism to protect their interests (Ferris, 2016). This episode touched a lot upon the history of racism and racial construction within the united states. Caucasians justified their actions and protected their interests by constructing racial superiority and scientific beliefs that were racist, which is an example of
Move over Jetson there is a new beloved animated family in town, the Simpsons. The Simpson’s originally aired on December 17th, 1989 and has yet to make us stop laughing. The Simpson’s follow a not so typical American family from the fictional town of Springfield. The episode follow the satirical lives of Homer (Dad), Marge (mom), Bart (brother), Lisa (sister), and Maggie (little sister). Though this is a satirical TV show many episodes provide excellent points and example of material covered in a sociology class. The episode “Marge not be Proud” gives multiple examples of deviant behavior and this essay will discuss two of them.
In the television show The Simpsons episode Marge Be Not Proud there are many instances of deviant behavior. There were two that stood out to me. The first example of deviance in this television show was in the store when the young boy, Gavin, is telling his mother he wants the new video game. When asked by
...ds to a black people church? Cal answered,” They’s my comp’ny….. it’s the same God ain’t it?”(119). Clearly Calpurina is know as leader in this society for bring white kids to black people church. So the society should learn from this.
Socialization plays in important part in the passing on of culture from generation to generation. It is defined as the lifelong process of social interaction through which we acquire a self-identity and the skills needed for survival. The agents of socialization provide the necessary social interactions to teach culture to individuals in a society. The four primary agents of socialization include parents, education, peers, and media. The most pervasive one, media, has a major role in teaching messages about the norms in culture. The purpose of this project was to observe the subtle messages that a TV series, like The Simpsons, send about gender, class, disability/ability, and age.
He points out in the show to his audience that he did not have anyone be an Arab during the game, as he “thought that would be too explosive. No pun intended.” Also in the duration of the game, there were no index cards that read “white,” but rather “Black”, “Jewish”, “Italian”, and etc. He then talks to his Indian employee, Kelly, in a stereotypical Indian accent and welcomed her to his “convenience store”. Michael taunts her to the point where she slaps him across the face, and his response was “now she knows what it’s like to be a minority.” This portrays the fact that Michael’s racial comments are done unconsciously rather than consciously and that he is “colorblind” to the fact that they are other races
Cole and Bart are examples of stereotypes. They are the stereotypical rednecks who commit sexual assault, love to drive fast, and make fun of “city folks” for not driving trucks. Aunt Martha said that Bart was “volunteering” for his sexual assault charge, which is stereotype for rednecks. Also, Bart and Cole relish in driving and making fun of David for being from the city. It is demonstrated when Bart brags about driving fast and him and Cole questions David about his car. Another example are the townspeople. They are the epitome of what townsfolk stereotype is; they know everyone, leave things unlock, and “news” travel fast. Although stereotypes add to the happy atmosphere the film is trying to set up, it still deals with serious issues like: alcoholism, cheating, depression from the monotony, and greed. Overall the film does a good job at being comedy, by making the characters funny and also making the soundtrack upbeat and having a happy
deceitful and Homer is a sexist who holds a double standard of morality for men
First of all, in The Simpsons, the scene where we get into the actual plot of the story opens with Marge and Lisa walking into a department store that sells dolls. The gender stereotype that girls are only interested in playing with dolls is reinforced here as a huge selection of Malibu Stacy dolls is on display with a throng of screeching, bloodthirsty girls tearing the store apart. Lisa says, “I’m warning you mom, I might get a little crazy.” and immediately knocks down a girl and snatches another in a choke-hold to be the first in line for the new Malibu Stacy doll. In the very next scene we have the whole family in the car with Homer driving. He is baking a cupcake with an easy-bake-oven that he bought from the mall. Marge advises him that he should not be doing that. The stereotype here is that men are more impulsive as demonstrated by Homer and his baking while driving without any concern of his or his family’s safety; and that women like to play it safe and think before acting as demonstrated by Marge. Another noteworthy observation is the fact that Homer completes his gender stereotype as the bread-winner of the family. He works at the Nuclear power plant while Marge plays the role of the proud homemaker who is rarely seen outside the home and who has little friends. Homer on the other hand, is not confined to his domestic role and his frequently shown at Moe’s Tavern with his friends, at work, or doing something that is stupid and dangerous. This enforces the stereotype that women have few friends and stay close to domestic life whereas men have lots of friends, are more independent, and bring home the bacon. Moreover, Bart and Lisa are in accordance with their gender stereotypes as well. For instance, in the backseat, Ba...
At an early age he found God, and strongly believed in the values of the Christian Church. One might even go as far as to say that it was where he felt most secured or it was his “safe haven”. Through the years as a believer he found himself becoming more and more involved throughout the church and became into ministry, and even becoming a preacher himself. After several years of preaching he began to start seeing things from two points of views, he started to realize that maybe the Christian life and the Christian church isn’t all it’s set out to be. He began to start thinking that the people he worked with were corrupt and that led him to leave his job of becoming a preacher and start going against almost everything the Christian faith was against. The black church plays an enormous role throughout the accounts of civil rights movements, especially Martin Luther King, and the memory behind him. Although it is also important to realize how religion has played a part in containing and motivating black people in the freedom struggle. Activists of civil rights have always longed-for religion when struggling against black people’s bodies, and how they’re threating and/or dangerous. Whites “could deal with the Negro as a symbol or a victim but had no sense of him as a man” (Fire Next Time 58). In the face of black suffering Baldwin explains that Christianity that is against blacks isn’t a faith but rather a rhetorical institutional space for black
I would love to believe that the principles were Faith, Hope, and Charity, but this is clearly not so for most Christians, or for what we call the Christian World” (31). In this passage he is telling the reader that people do not understand what being a true Christian is; that a majority of people are going through the motions because they believe they are expected to. Baldwin desires to affect changes in the world of religion; especially for the blacks. He underscores in his essay that there is no love in the church, and that the love stopped once people left the church. Baldwin concludes the book with “God gave Noah the rainbow sign, No more water, the fire next time!” (106). What he means by this is that we all need to work together to make this world better. Baldwin provides a fine undertaking of representing the struggles of being a black man and how he is attempts to have a positive impact on the world, and not just on religion.
The image you have taken effectively demonstrates the consumer society in which so many of us have fallen into. Multinational corporations such as Apple have effectively weeded themselves into our idea of a comfortable living shown by the number of people in the store who wish to associate with the brand. The photo, paired effectively with the quote, raises awareness of those who fall into the traps of temptation to fulfil our wants of “comfort” while disregarding our call to duty with others. The number of individuals with their heads down in the phot0 shows how common a practice it has become to allow our devices to separate us from others. As George Faludy states in “Arming the Spirit”, we owe it to ourselves to “rise above evil and mindlessness.”
Like many satirical writings, Everybody Hates Chris shows an exaggerated form of racial stereotypes to reaffirm their political stance against stereotypes. If an issue is made to be so ridiculous as to be a joke, one may see it's ridiculousness in normal functioning society. These satirical tactics are used as tools to solidify the show’s stance of the difference in class and the continuing stereotypes. Chris’s experiences are fictional and over exaggerated, but are used in the show as light hearted comedic issues that are actually being used address topics otherwise taboo to reach a large audience, such as the mistreatment and stereotyping of black Americans.
Season 1 Episode 6 of American Dad was the first episode where it implied racism into the name of the episode, “Homeland Insecurities”. The title “Homeland Insecurities” is a reference to Homeland Security, which was created in response of the terrorist attacks on 9/11. The “insecurities” implies that there is terrorist around the country ready to strike. The episode itself has racism. Season 1 Episode 6 is about how the Smith family, white middle class family, wanted to throw a barbeque for their neighborhood. Stan and his wife Francine went around to all the houses personally inviting their neighbors to the barbeque. Everything was going great until they came across a new family, the Mamaris. Stan notices their non-white
After twenty five seasons, The Simpsons continues to be an influential show. With animation as a medium, the writers use satire to point out the stereotypes the media generates. In some instances, they take a stereotype and push it to the extreme, like Apu and his eight children, and other times they go against the social norms, like Lisa being a strong independent woman. Through this the viewers are reminded just how much say the media has in their perception of others and how they are constantly making judgments of any entire group of people based on the characteristics of some. I do not think that stereotypes will ever cease to exist, but I do believe that it is important we, at the very least, are aware of what they are.