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The Simpsons     This survey for grown-ups takes place in a fictional town c each(prenominal)edSpringfield in the 1990s. The main lineament in the show is Homer Simpsons, afather of three and a husband. Homer works at the Springfield nuclear powerplant. He is portrayed as a slacker who is completely unqualified for his job.Hes in any case shown as a lazy couch potato and a critical bit of an alcoholic. Hesalso shown as a "pig" when it comes to food. His wife, Marge, is a honorable parentwho has to keep an eye on Homer and the rest of the family most of the time.Bart, their oldest son, is a poor student who enjoys comic books and televisionand hates girls. Lisa, the middle churl of the family, is an excellent studentand a nice person. She is almost the complete antagonist of Bart except they bothenjoy the violent cartoons of "Itchy and odd". Maggie, the baby of thefamily, is known for constantly smacking her pacifier. She is portrayed as un iverse smarter than Homer. Almost every little thing in the show is thinktobe humorous.In general the show is very funny but has whatsoever bad language and otheroffensive material. The fact that the show is a cartoon may be what has keptsome people from watching. The cartoon though is what helps achieve many of thehumorous aspects. For example a dusk of nuclear waste would not be veryamusing in a show with real people.The show has the assumption that it is OK if your family argues all thetime. It shows this by the little arguments that the family constantly getsinto. It also shows that its pointless to try to be good all the time.