David E. Powell wrote:
>>
>>>'Simpsons' stirs uproar in Argentina
>>>Upcoming episode causes controversy
>>>By CHARLES NEWBERY
>>
>>>In the 10th episode of season 19, which has already screened in the
>>>U.S, Carl Carlson tells Homer that former Argentine President Juan
>>>Peron was a dictator, adding "When he disappeared you, you stayed
>>>disappeared."
>>
>>>"Of course, his wife was Madonna," Lenny Leonard says in reference to
>>>the singer-actress' role as Eva Peron in "Evita."
>>
>>>However, it wasn't the Peron regime but the 1976-83 military
>>>dictator****p that followed his rule that has been blamed for the
>>>disappearance of 30,000 citizens.
Um, okay, so Simpsons writers tried for a cheap/cynical
historical-revisionist drive-by "shock" gag without checking their basic
high-school facts first...
....Do freakin' tell. :/
Derek Janssen (and the reason it takes so long to notice this is, the
smart people know this, but the smart people stopped watching after
Season 10)
ejanss1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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