Comments on: What Irked Me About the Simpsons in Israel

By: c.j.

c.j. — Fri, 06 May 2011 14:46:44 +0000

You take it a bit too seriously. The Simpsons is more about making fun of American culture than it is looking at any other culture. Their episodes overseas and interactions with people from other nationalities revolve totally around uninformed cultural stereotypes.

A brief political statement was made at the very beginning

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By: Limassol Cyprus

Limassol Cyprus — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:09:35 +0000

Our representations about ourselves are not similar with others’ ones)) Don’t be angry about that

By: Me

Me — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:35:45 +0000

It’s funny, The Man, I remember being slightly annoyed at the Australian episode not because I found it offensive but because I wished their mocking was a bit more informed and therefore funnier for us. UK parodies of Australia can be much funnier because they know our culture better.

However, I’ve since read that the Simpsons writers deliberately made the episode as absurd as possible and weren’t really trying to be accurate. I think in general, any episodes making fun of different cultures and countries deliberately go for the stereotypes and are not so much mocking the culture, but outsiders’ ideas of the culture. Then they just have fun with it and make their own surreal version of another culture ;).

By: The Man at the Pub

The Man at the Pub — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 07:08:57 +0000

When The Simpsons came to Australia years ago, a lot of Aussies got irked by their portrayal of us. But it’s The Simpsons after all, and after playing on stereotypes and taking the mickey out of the USA for 20 years, I guess it’s only fair to do it to other countries every once in a while.

How people from other nations view your society is always very different from the ‘reality’.

By: What Irked Me About the Simpsons in Israel

What Irked Me About the Simpsons in Israel — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:16:26 +0000

[...] first shared my frustrations on the Israelity [...]

By: David-Joe

David-Joe — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 01:56:41 +0000

[Too bad most of the real players in the region seem to be devout vegetarians.']

Perhaps, but they are bloodTHIRSTY.

The world will treat Israel as Israel denbds it.

The most pathetic sights in TV are two individuals that are official “spokesman” for Israel: Mark Regev and Miri [forget the last name].

They make me cringe with their timidity and mea culpa attitude on behalf of the “The Once Great State Of Israel”.

By: David-Joe

David-Joe — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 01:50:34 +0000

Yes it should irk you but it is also informative. It is the way the world see Israel these days.

It does not see the Jewish warrior and Israeli who stands up and does not give in but stands by principle and right.

I have on this forum for some time complained and cajoled that Israel has lost itself, its self-esteem and is not the Israel of my youth [definitely] or that of even twenty years ago.

Today Israel is seen as the diaspora Jew. Unsure of itself, somewhat afraid and helpless as Iran marches towards acquiring the ultimate weapon of death – nuclear weapon capability.

Netahyahu is maybe beginniing to find his courage by standing up to a real anti-Israel American president. A president that looks at Muslims and their causes in a friendly way and towards the Jewish causes with suspicion and distrust, only measuring his antipathy because of the political firestorm any overt attitude would cause in influential circles in the United States body politik.

Do you want the Simpson portrayal to change? Then Israel had better decide to become Israelis again and leave the athenian softie unsure diaspora view the world is seeing.

Ask yourselves this question:
If Iran attain nuclear capability, with its intention to continue the Holocaust, exactly what is the reason for Israel’s existence as a Jewish State where Jews can be protected and be safe and live as Jews in the Land of their ancestors, based on RIGHT and not as anywhere else, on sufferage.

This is an existential question, which cannot be shied away from. It was always God’s intention for the Jews to be brave – why else woukld they have accepted his Laws when everyone else refused?