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devtesla wrote

Reply to comment by Dogmantra in a really good but absurdly in-depth analysis of where the simpsons went wrong [cw has some ablist language] by hollyhoppet

I mean it's way too long but yea it's good.

I also don't think it's identifying the change between the golden age and newer simpsons correctly, it's not the addition of catharsis and feeling (lots of older episodes have a point) it's the addition of more rigid structures and actions scenes and drama. Dead Homer Soceity covers it better.

They're spot on about Lisa, though.

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Moonside wrote

I read the Zombie Simpsons book but I do feel like it could have gone more into the basic storytelling problems. The best bits were a bit circumstantial, like how much staff they bled or how the show became more cartoony (like pointless chases and so on).

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Dogmantra wrote

I honestly don't know very much about the simpsons, I was mostly referring to the fact it had a very nice little narrative to it

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