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The Simpsons     This cartoon for grown-ups takes place in a fictional town calledcapital of Illinois in the 1990s. The main character in the press out is Homer Simpsons, afather of three and a husband. Homer works at the capital of Illinois nuclear powerplant. He is portrayed as a shirker who is completely unqualified for his job.Hes alike shown as a lazy barf potato and a little bit of an alcoholic. Hesalso shown as a "pig" when it comes to food. His wife, Marge, is a good 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 jazzs peculiar books and televisionand hates girls. Lisa, the middle child of the family, is an excellent studentand a priggish person. She is almost the complete opposite of Bart except they bothenjoy the violent cartoons of "Itchy and Scratchy". Maggie, the baby of thefamily, is known for constantly smacking her pacifier. She is portrayed as being smarter than Homer. Almost e very(prenominal) little issue in the show is intendedtobe buffoonish.In general the show is very funny but has some bad language and other sickening material. The fact that the show is a cartoon may be what has unbrokensome people from watching. The cartoon though is what helps achieve many of thehumorous aspects. For example a spill 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.