02-21-2011, 12:00 AM
"They reveal the folly very well." NL
True.
I'm not diminishing the writers. Obviously they're world class.
But regarding Simpson's, 3 fingered yellow people are sufficiently estranged from their 5 fingered human cousins to change the mirror to a viewing screen. It's a subjectivity depleater.
Similar deal with Sci Fi such as Star Trek. If the plot's about the Vietnam War, & the Western allied South against the communist allied North, audient bias creeps in.
But when it's the Telosians against the Ragilians, that pre-existing bias goes away, and the audience is more objective (and thus reachable through their otherwise brain paralyzing bias).
PS:
The Simpson's got there first; a cartoon about a stupid fat family man, with a low achieving oldest son, and an intelligent youngest child, and an ever-forgiving charming wife.
Family Guy shares those same formulaic characteristics, but with a somewhat more ribald script.
True.
I'm not diminishing the writers. Obviously they're world class.
But regarding Simpson's, 3 fingered yellow people are sufficiently estranged from their 5 fingered human cousins to change the mirror to a viewing screen. It's a subjectivity depleater.
Similar deal with Sci Fi such as Star Trek. If the plot's about the Vietnam War, & the Western allied South against the communist allied North, audient bias creeps in.
But when it's the Telosians against the Ragilians, that pre-existing bias goes away, and the audience is more objective (and thus reachable through their otherwise brain paralyzing bias).
PS:
The Simpson's got there first; a cartoon about a stupid fat family man, with a low achieving oldest son, and an intelligent youngest child, and an ever-forgiving charming wife.
Family Guy shares those same formulaic characteristics, but with a somewhat more ribald script.