Ugh, just saw another awful recent episode. Homer was a a paparazzi, and the entire episode was so painfully predictable to the point where you can tell exactly how the entire scene will play it.
There was a part where Homer said he didn't like getting a taste of his own medicine. Then he threw out his camera. The entire rest of the scene played out so predictably. You knew he was going to have actual medicine and throw that out too. And of course he did. He said it was anti-clotting medicine. No surprise exactly what happened 2 seconds later. He got a clot. FUCKING HILARIOUS. Typically rudimentary and unfunny shit.
Then later on he takes Moe's camera. Moe says he got the camera to take photos of women in the ladies room, but none ever came in. Gee, I can't tell exactly how this scene is going to play out. Homer leaves, and two seconds later some hot chicks walk in and ask to use the ladies room. ANOTHER CLEVER SLAM DUNK GUYS.
I don't know how they can stand to churn out such embarrassing garbage week after week. Oh right, money. I can't believe anyone gets paid to write this crap.
I'm more astonished that they can't get
better writers.
It's the biggest and most important animated TV show of - well, probably out of every TV show that ever broadcast ever. They should have the great and good knocking on their doors at all hours of the day, begging to be a part of that legacy, to have a go with those toys. There is no excuse for a show as prestigious as the Simpsons to have dialogue as terrible as it does. The characters just announce their feelings. Constantly. Marge, in particular, is basically a walking soliloquy. It's a mess of "It was such a good idea to come to this ball game," "I wonder what would happen if I were to press this button here," "Here we are, celebrating Lisa's good grades," "I never thought I'd wind up at a private dental clinic" and so on.
Frankly, though, as long as Al Jean's in the hotseat I can't see a morsel of change in the show's future. Note that in the good years, the showrunner changed every two series or so. It was healthy. Each showrunner had something to prove, something to add, something to bring to the table. Now it's just quietly stagnating. Have the writers changed at all since the early 2000s? I've always had a hunch Jean probably just relies on his old mates, but I've not checked. I get the impression it's pretty much nine-to-five, nowadays - just the day job. A reliable income, keeps the pennies flowing for everyone involved. Shame!
(NB: I am aware that it's kind of rich of me to criticise the Simpsons' writing, given that this post reads like a pile of arse. But hey - I'm very tired and I've been working very hard. Forgive me for not really having the energy at 2:30AM.)
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