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Vox did a video on this several years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D420SOmL6U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D420SOmL6U I recently did a rewatch of
by acwan93 6y ago
Vox did a video on this several years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D420SOmL6U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D420SOmL6U
I recently did a rewatch of older Simpsons episodes lately and aside from the 90s references a lot of the economic conditions seems incredibly outdated. Much like watching Friends or even more "recent" shows like How I Met Your Mother (HIMYM) where the characters undergo their lives in a big expensive city but not work constantly.
It's hard to suspend belief on those shows given the shenanigans they do. How on earth did they live in that apartment (Friends/HIMYM), or live in such a large single family home on one income? The shows end up having to address their own disbelief with rent control (Friends) or the Frank Grimes episode (The Simpsons).
- joemazerino 6y agoIt is fiction and should be interpreted as such. After all the OP topic is about diverging lines between reality and the Simpsons.
- mikestew 6y agoIt's hard to suspend belief on those shows given the shenanigans they do. Unlike prior shows like, say, The Brady Bunch, which were almost a reality show. I mean, you grew up with a live-in maid, right? It's TV; if it were realistic, no one would watch it, including the "reality" shows.
- jhbadger 6y agoThe Brady Bunch justified it though. Mike Brady wasn't working class, but a wealthy successful architect, so it wasn't that surprising that the family could afford those things.