The Simpsons – “Donut Hell” video clip does reveal something more about society. It starts off with Homer Simpson being offered a donut from hell from the devil, which is Ned Flanders. They are inside the power plant, in the control room, where Homer Simpson works. A small demon with an apron that says, “HELL’S KITCHEN”, hands Homer the donut on a silver platter, and then he chuckles. Ned Flanders says to Homer Simpson, “Now remember the instant you finish it I own your soul for…” Homer doesn’t take the last bite and says to the devil, “Hey wait, if I don’t finish this last bite, you don’t get my soul, do you?” The devil responds, “Uh… technically no, but…” Homer tells the devil repeatedly, “I’m smarter than the Devil!” Flanders turns into the devil’s true form, outraged, and shouts to Homer, “You are not smarter than me, I’ll see you in hell yet, Homer Simpson!”, then goes back down into hell. …show more content…
Homer then says, “not likely”, then hides the last piece of donut from hell into his shirt pocket, and then chuckles.
Homer ends up saving the last piece of donut in the refrigerator, then takes the last bite in the middle of the night. Once the devil shows up, Lisa Simpson asks the devil for a fair trial and he takes Homer Simpson to hell for one night, before the trial starts. The devil mentions how much easier it is in Mexico to take people to hell. Homer Simpson gets cut up into pieces and some parts of his body gets thrown into a barrel that has a sign that says, “HOT DOG MEAT”. Homer get brought into this room named, “HELL LABS IRONIC PUNISMENT DIVISION”. They try to force him to eat all the donuts in the world and he finishes all of them becoming more overweight than what he was. The Demon is surprised he survived what he though was torture, and says, “I don’t understand it, James Coco went mad in 15
minutes”. I believe that the target audience are more catered to adults. The hints they give in this video clip seem to be more understood towards older people. After viewing the video, the theme was about whatever you put into your body might kill you without even knowing what ingredients is in the food. There are lots of food that seems to be real, but is not. People with higher power love to experience with fake food that may seem real to some people who are consuming these kinds of food. Always remember to check the labels and do your research whenever you are doing grocery shopping or getting ready to eat some food you find delicious. There are foods out there that can slowly kill you, but the temptation does not stop you eating the food. Sometimes after eating too much food you don’t realize how much your body is being torn apart.
What is #TGIT? #TGIT stands for Thank Goodness It’s Thursday! That’s right, fall tv is back! Shonda Rhimes, the creator of many popular shows has three amazing shows you need to check out now! Soon, you’ll be sucked into the black hole that is Thursday night prime time television.
Seinfeld was a sitcom from NBC that was very popular during the ’90s, and is often referred as “a show about nothing.” It consisted of the life of a fictitious Jerry Seinfeld and his friends in New York City (IMDb). Seinfeld reached a Nielsen rating of 21.7 percent and number one in the United States ranking during its ninth and final season (“Appendix 3: Top-Rated Programs by Season”). It was unique in the way that it portrayed social life during the ‘90s, and this inspired shows such as Friends, Ellen, and Mad About You (Pierson 49). In Seinfeld episodes, the viewer can observe social customs, fads, social standards, and family portrayals of ‘90s semi-young adults.
Satirical humor entertains the audience so that the people appeal some jokes and comic ideas more enjoyable to visualizes. Satire demonstrates something very safe and also not very cynical to the society. Sometimes, satire can misunderstand people that some people find it's an insult to the politics.Satirical humor can also be a tool to communicate people, so people can learn and get involved more about issues in politics. There are some people like comedians that expresses satirical humor in politics. Also, some comedy shows that expresses political satire. For example, some of the famous comedians that I found funny in satirical humor will be James Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, and Jon Stewart; they also host their satirical shows: The Colbert
Kurt Vonnegut uses a combination of dark humor and irony in Slaughterhouse-Five. As a result, the novel enables the reader to realize the horrors of war while simultaneously laughing at some of the absurd situations it can generate. Mostly, Vonnegut wants the reader to recognize the fact that one has to accept things as they happen because no one can change the inevitable.
Today I received a referral from a family who is seeking help regarding their dysfunctional family structure. The Simpson’s are a nuclear family that is having difficulties living as a family. I have already spoken to Marge Simpson and agreed to find a way to get her husband and children to therapy. She has very high aspirations of attending therapy with her family because she has longed for a “normal” functioning family in which her husband and children interact in a much healthier manner than they do now. She described her husband of being careless, her son uncontrollable ate times, and her daughters disconnected from the family. We have set up the meeting for next week, Wednesday at six, when she believed her family would be more willing to attend and actually participate in the therapy session.
In the Inferno we follow the journey of Dante as he wanders off the path of moral truth and into Hell. The Virgin Mary and Santa Lucia ask Beatrice, Dante’s deceased love, to send some help. Thus, Virgil comes to the rescue and essentially guides Dante through Hell and back to the mortal world from which he came. However, things begin to seem kind of odd. When reading the Inferno one may begin to question the way Dante describes Hell and the things that occur within, or even the things we have always believed about Hell. Despite the way it is described and well known in western civilization, Hell is not at all how we expect it to be because of Dante's use of irony throughout this poetic masterpiece.
Satan, as in most pieces of literature and media, is depicted as a root of evil in the Inferno and Bedazzled. In Dante’s Inferno, the deepest circle of the Inferno is represented by the sin of treason, where Satan and three others are trapped in a frozen lake in the center of Hell below a large pit guarded by giants. Here Satan and the men are punished for all of eternity, “I never saw such spread of ocean canvas to the wind: but these were bat-like, plumeless, and the wind they bred, - They flapped unceasing - caused the glacier freeze Down which we traversed,” (Dante). Satan’s vicious betrayal of God leads to an eternity of punishment and suffering for him, reflecting how grave his violent sins were before he was cast into hell. Even in his punishment, Satan tortures others, gnawing on their backs for the rest of time. The Devil as George Spiggott in Bedazzled also demonstrates venomous behavior as he repeatedly tricks Stanley Moon into suffering through his non-specific wishes. Throughout the film, we see examples of George Spiggott terrorizing normal citizens with birds, bees, and parking tickets. Spiggott even demonstrates malicious behavior a...
Inferno, the first part of Divina Commedia, or the Divine Comedy, by Dante Alighieri, is the story of a man's journey through Hell and the observance of punishments incurred as a result of the committance of sin. In all cases the severity of the punishment, and the punishment itself, has a direct correlation to the sin committed. The punishments are fitting in that they are symbolic of the actual sin; in other words, "They got what they wanted." (Literature of the Western World, p.1409) According to Dante, Hell has two divisions: Upper Hell, devoted to those who perpetrated sins of incontinence, and Lower Hell, devoted to those who perpetrated sins of malice. The divisions of Hell are likewise split into levels corresponding to sin. Each of the levels and the divisions within levels 7,8, and 9 have an analogous historical or mythological figure used to illustrate and exemplify the sin.
When the FOX network aired "The Simpsons" in 1989, the show brought the yellow-skinned and four-fingered cartoon characters named Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie Simpson into millions of American living rooms. This bent archetype of the American family, as well as the hundreds of zany characters that populate their all-American hometown of Springfield, fast became the targets of enormous criticism. Elementary schools banned T-shirts bearing the images of the Simpson family and their slogans. Former U.S. Secretary of Education William Bennett and even President George Bush berated the show as subversive and demeaning (McAllister 1494). However, a more careful investigation of the show reveals far more than nose-thumbing gutter humor--enveloped in sarcasm and comedy, "The Simpsons" offers a thought-provoking critique of American politics, faith, and the American family.
Spinal Tap is a satirical Rob Reiner film starring actors Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, and Harry Shearer.
As humans living in a world where problems occur on a daily basis, we need entertainment to distract us from life's complications. One special type of entertainment, satirical material, is an exceptional way to be humorous while also bringing to light several social topics. Unfortunately, this category of humor usually involves an idea being criticized to the extent of possibly being offensive. A comedy skit done by the show "Saturday Night Live", for example, is a superb satirical piece that is seen as distasteful by some. It uses humor to not only entertain its viewers, but to also make an argument regarding current social issues, creating a prime representation of satire.
Similarities include the descriptions of the devil, the parallel character identities, and the direct relationship between Drives in Linden Hills and Circles in Hell. The ice and coldness that shrouds the lowest layers of Hell become more prevalent as one moves down toward Tupelo Drive. For example, Dante describes the devil as being fixed in the ice where the rivers of guilt meet and having
In recent years, popular tales of the Devil in our culture derive from heartfelt stories of man’s victory over evil, and justice being served. The story of The Devil and Daniel Webster, by Stephen Vincent Bénet is a beacon of inspiration for countless retellings on different platforms of evil, not just that of the Devil. For example, the familiar recounting in The Simpson when Homer sells his soul to the Devil for one of his favorites pleasures, the strawberry, frosted, sprinkled donut; while performing the roleplay of Jabez Stone. Or a more subtle reference in one or two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, in which they have Captain Picard is taken to trial on behalf of mankind, a representative for Humanities crimes, playing the
In Dante’s Inferno, Dante is taken on a journey through hell. On this journey, Dane sees the many different forms of sin, and each with its own unique contrapasso, or counter-suffering. Each of these punishments reflects the sin of a person, usually offering some ironic way of suffering as a sort of revenge for breaking God’s law. As Dante wrote this work and developed the contrapassos, he allows himself to play God, deciding who is in hell and why they are there. He uses this opportunity to strike at his foes, placing them in the bowels of hell, saying that they have nothing to look forward to but the agony of suffering and the separation from God.
Another aspect of hell that surprised me was that the devil was standing on a frozen lake. This isn't the picture of Larson's Far Side hell scenes, nor is the devil the cool, rebellious bad boy of Milton's Paradise Lost.