The long running American animated sitcom The Simpsons received backlash on social media following a segment in the new episode “You wont believe what this episode is about, act three will shock you”.
The Simpsons have been on the air since 1987 as shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show before getting it's own TV show with Fox in 1989, during the 32 years the show has been on the air they've had 33 seasons, 720 episodes, a movie, video games, and an attraction at the Universal Studios Theme Park in Hollywood California.
They've
during those years also featured or parodied celebrities and world
leaders like Tony Blair, Lady Gaga, Justin Trudeau, Michael Jackson,
and many more.
The
14th episode of season 33 covers Cancel Culture: The
act of boycotting a TV show, movie, company, country, statue,
monument, landmark, or even a person due to an act of perceived
injustice they committed (real or otherwise) that could've happened
recently or in the past and often in the modern view of
right and wrong.
The
segment in question that people are cancelling The Simpsons for is
when Homer gets cancelled after he leaves the family dog Santa's
Little Helper inside a hot car, resulting him being publicly shamed.
To apologize for the incident, Homer summons people to the town church
to make a public apology only to accidentally punch Reverend Lovejoy
out the window.
The
video of this is spread on social media and Homer looses his job at
the nuclear power plant, and to become a pariah among his friends,
family, and new co-workers.
During
all this Homer is contacted by Joe Rogan to do an interview following
his cancellation, going to a building called “Right Wing Podcast
House” and below it a sign saying “Pariahs Welcome”.
For
those unaware: Joe Rogan is an American podcast host and announcer
who's known for his right leaning views and having guests that are
conservative or people who have been “cancelled”. His Spotify
deal led music star Neil Young to remove his music off the app in
protest.
He's
also courted controversy for sharing fake news, though has apologized in the past for it saying “The information was correct at the time
of recording” or “It was speculation and I turned out to be
wrong”.
The
episode was shortly after removed from YouTube and a panel of 270
medical experts penned a letter of protest to Spotify create a “Fact
checking policy that would mitigate the spread of information”.
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