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Hypocrite writer Bill Oakley: "I don't like it being used for nefarious purposes"

posted 5 years ago by Satan2016 (25772)
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By today's SJW standards, their episode would be racist! Instead of calling out the SJW cult, they cave. No wonder it's not funny anymore.

It was originally called the Wuhan virus. Now China is claiming the US created it. That should be making headlines.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/simpsons-writer-calls-misappropriation-classic-episode-coronavirus-outbreak-gross-1284744

On May 6, 1993, the episode titled "Marge in Chains" aired. The 24th episode of the fourth season of the iconic Fox cartoon revolved around an exhausted Marge Simpson getting arrested for accidentally shoplifting while she is getting supplies for her sick family, who all have the "Osaka Flu." The episode opens in Japan where an ill factory worker coughs into boxes which are to be used to ship a popular juicer everyone in Springfield orders. The town — six to eight weeks later, for shipping and delivery — then becomes ill.

Episode co-writer Bill Oakley told The Hollywood Reporter that he has not thought about the previously innocuous episode for years. That is, not until he began to see memes online with "Osaka Flu" replaced with "Coronavirus," the pandemic that has spread around the world, causing mass panic. In addition, internet trolls have used the episode for racist propaganda in response to the coronavirus outbreak.

[–] Satan2016 (25772) 5 years ago

Clip from episode: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CTet46O-6Ew

[–] bugfatty (19) 5 years ago

Yawn

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

"Nefarious purposes".

yes Bill, a clip from an old cartoon is going to incite a revolution of RACIST REDNEECCCKZZZ who are gonna take over, and run all the Chinese out of the country or something! AAAAAARGH! NEFERIOUSNESS IS REARING ITS UGLY HEAD! EVERYBODY RUN FOR THE HILLS!

[–] strntz (12664) 5 years ago

I suppose none of us should be surprised what anyone from the Simpsons says when a generally positive character like Apu is now considered a hateful racist stereotype. Wokeness run amuck. The Simpsons used to revel in tweaking people with hilarious comedy, now they cower in fear.

"We intentionally made it cartoonish because we wanted it to be silly and not scary.."

Maybe those who are using this cartoonish coincidence were using it for trolling or humorous purposes.. I mean, it's a cartoon! It's hard to act nefarious when using a cartoon!

[–] strntz (12664) 5 years ago

So sad to see what's going on these days.

Remember the infamous Brazil episode? Brazil actually complained so the next season Homer intentionally got another shot in on Brazil. Classic stuff that helped cement the Simpsons reputation and legacy.

Bill Oakley should set aside a couple of weeks and go show-by-show and apologize to everyone that was insulted, might have been insulted, and will be insulted 50 years from now.

[–] BurningSun (717) 5 years ago

Them SJW slant eyed gook trannies over in china are ruining our great country! We should just nuke those godzillaheads and get it over with. The Simpson is a are funny show!!!