Sunday's Blog: The Simpsons

In the first episode of “The Simpsons” that we watched in class on Thursday both Bart and his best friend Millhouse were fighting over the same girl, Greta. Bart and Greta were boyfriend and girlfriend, but Bart lied to Greta so he could get out of going to her dance to go watch his principal at open mic night. When he came back later on that night Bart’s sister asked him why he lied to Greta and he said “I only lied to get what I wanted.” So Bart broke up with Greta and then Millhouse was her boyfriend. So automatically Bart wanted her back because he couldn’t have her anymore. However, once Greta said she did not want to be with either of them, they both gave up and were friends again. They actually said they were friends until the next one came along. Here in this episode you can see an erotic triangle was formed between Greta, Bart, and Millhouse. Both Bart and Millhouse only wanted Greta when the other had her. They even resorted to literally fighting in the end over her.
The audience for this show is presumably for an older crowd. The language can be crude and the situations aren’t easily understood for those younger. However, this is problematic because it is a cartoon and it is usually safe to assume cartoons are for kids. I was not aloud to watch it when I was a little kid and I do not think most parents would let their little kids watch it.