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> Marge is still a stay-at-home parent, taking point on raising Bart, Lisa, and Maggie and maintaining the family’s suburban home. But their life no longer rese
by johnchristopher 6y ago
> Marge is still a stay-at-home parent, taking point on raising Bart, Lisa, and Maggie and maintaining the family’s suburban home. But their life no longer resembles reality for many American middle-class families.
I believe it's because those shows are still made for the same people, those who were kids in the early 90's. So show makers don't adapt them to the modern world, they let their viewers enjoy snapshots of their past, it's an anchor in their modern world.
For context: When I was a kid, I lived in a western european country where the Simpsons were clearly a kid /teen thing.
- balls187 6y agoThe Simpsons wasn't a kids show. Originally aired as part of the Tracey Ulman Show, then eventually a prime-time shot. As a 1st generation American immigrant kid in the 90's, both my parents had to work.
- Ancapistani 6y agoMarketed to kids or not, we watched it.
- selimthegrim 6y agoMy parents forbade me from watching it because Bart was disrespectful to his parents (then maybe don't get me a Bart Simpson doll for my third birthday?). Then South Park came out and they had a new windmill to tilt at.
- balls187 6y agoSame in our house for several seasons. Then watching it became a family event. Did your parents have a pov regarding Mortal Kombat? My dad recorded the Senate debate on Video Game violence off CSPAN, and made me watch it.
- selimthegrim 6y agoMortal Kombat was fine, I even went to see the movie.