http://h4x3d.com/simpsons-lisa-the-greek-s3e14/ online portfolio of Julian Klewes Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:50:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://h4x3d.com/simpsons-lisa-the-greek-s3e14/comment-page-1/#comment-3339 h4x3d.com Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:02:05 +0000 http://www.h4x3d.com/simpsons-lisa-the-greek-s3e14/#comment-3339 hey del, thanks for your comment! hey del, thanks for your comment!

]]> http://h4x3d.com/simpsons-lisa-the-greek-s3e14/comment-page-1/#comment-3335 Del Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:09:38 +0000 http://www.h4x3d.com/simpsons-lisa-the-greek-s3e14/#comment-3335 This episode is poignant. One of the things I noticed is that Marge "pretends" to enjoy Homer's activities and that's something I cannot understand: why couldn't she have found someone to share activities with? From the beginning their relationship was one of dependency on Homer's part and Marge has carried him through everything. Why did she put herself through that? Which brings me to my next point about Marge: she's terribly naive and a bad listener. She doesn't listen to herself or her family, otherwise she wouldn't have married or even gotten involved with Homer; and she doesn't listen to Bart either, which ends up getting him bullied. I know it's just a show but part of what makes the Simpsons so great, or at least, what MADE the Simpsons so great since now it's not worth watching in my opinion, is the appeal to the human condition, to the things that we all do and can relate to when we see the family perform the very same things. Such as lying to oneself to make a marriage work, or getting married for the sake of the children, or being parents when we're in fact too selfish to be good ones. This episode is poignant. One of the things I noticed is that Marge “pretends” to enjoy Homer’s activities and that’s something I cannot understand: why couldn’t she have found someone to share activities with? From the beginning their relationship was one of dependency on Homer’s part and Marge has carried him through everything. Why did she put herself through that? Which brings me to my next point about Marge: she’s terribly naive and a bad listener. She doesn’t listen to herself or her family, otherwise she wouldn’t have married or even gotten involved with Homer; and she doesn’t listen to Bart either, which ends up getting him bullied. I know it’s just a show but part of what makes the Simpsons so great, or at least, what MADE the Simpsons so great since now it’s not worth watching in my opinion, is the appeal to the human condition, to the things that we all do and can relate to when we see the family perform the very same things. Such as lying to oneself to make a marriage work, or getting married for the sake of the children, or being parents when we’re in fact too selfish to be good ones.

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