On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:15:44 GMT, Derek Janssen
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> wrote:
>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. :/
>
High School? Maybe a college class on Latin America, but no way
you'll see something that specific in a US high school class! I mean,
*maybe* in a prep school . . .
BTW, looking for accurate history in The Simpsons may not be the
best course of action; last I heard FDR did *not* mint a trillion
dollar bill . . .
Anyway, what a surprise Argentina's government uses a foreign
scandal to get people's eyes off domestic troubles. Well, better than
last time, when they invaded the Falkland Islands . . .
>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)
Yet we still get masterpieces like "Eternal Moon****ne of the
Simpson Mind" . . .
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