Exactly - Lovejoy’s the butt of that joke, not Apu. Just reinforcing that the Simpsons did in fact once understand how to skewer stereotyping.

Literally nothing about latter-day Simpsons can vindicate one’s feelings about classic-era Simpsons, since everything about the show has been incoherent and terrible for nigh on twenty years. Any connection to the show it once was is well and truly severed.

It proves what a smug sanctimonious (and ultimately racist) hypocrite she’s always been.

True story: When I was a kid, I thought Stevie Nicks was a man and Lindsey Buckingham was a woman, just based on their names, and never having seen pictures of them or (apparently) heard any pronouns used to refer to them. I think I was 14 or 15 before I read an article about them which clarified things.

You never cared for Lisa Simpson, the most progressive and insightful character on the whole show? I mean, to each their own and all.

I just think Lisa has been the most admirable character on The Simpsons whenever you examine her. To have her rolling her eyes over legitimate concerns of racial stereotyping seems like…

Because Al Jean is an old rich white guy who hasn’t kept up with general social discourse on racism and thus thinks that what he learned/grew up with in the 70s and 80s was the pinnacle of human understanding and that kids these days are the ones who are wrong.

One distinct time I thought, “Oh wow, they went there,” was an episode that starts on St. Patrick’s Day, everyone is drunk and fighting, then a British fish & chip shop explodes, to which everyone cheers.

The only thing that could make it better is if she had given one to everyone in line except for that jackass (and the jackass by proxy) behind her. And if I’d have been in line behind her. Because then free cupcake.

I have a new 19 year old hero. Additional quotes from the linked article:

*which is a far superior album to “Rumours,” don’t @ me.

If I was an editor here I’d ask you to write up any other stories about that (or any film really). Great stuff!

I have had a long history of substance abuse problems and have never gone on rants that said the Jews were running the world or telling my ex that they should get raped by a pack of n words.

Related: the musical “Cabaret” is today well-known for its seedy, Sam Mendes-directed production starring Alan Cumming, or the Liza and Joel Grey movie musical loosely adapted from the original novel “The Berlin Stories.” But the original Broadway production featured almost no debauchery. Instead, the club was classy…

I felt bad for the church-loving little old ladies who flocked to see it. It was like a snuff film. It seriously should have been rated NC-17.

As a mainline Protestant, ELCA Lutheran specifically, I find this comment interesting because one of the defining characteristics of Lutheran theology is that we don’t owe God anything. God is to be worshiped because we are thankful for his love, not to earn our way to heaven.

I’m Catholic, and the above clips were the first time I’ve seen any parts of it other than the trailer. A week or two after it came out, a woman from my church was appalled that I hadn’t seen it yet. She told me, “I think every Christian owes it to our Lord and Savior to watch that movie and see what he suffered…

I still haven’t seen it, either, but I can say with all authority that you are making the correct choice.

It might seem quaint to you, but as a kid who grew up with other kids telling him that he killed Jesus it is still fucking disgusting to see a movie in 2004 reup that hardcore bullshit.

“a scene of Jesus lifting the bread at the Last Supper”

I was thoroughly impressed with Stephen King’s handling of the assassination and Oswald himself in 11/22/63, though there was, of course, some assumptions, speculation, and trappings of fiction. He did a crap ton of research leading up to writing the novel and portrays Oswald in a way that’s coldly familiar in our…