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The Simpsons: Separate Vocations (1992)
Episode 18, Season 3
Great episode
10 May 2023 - 3 out of 5 users found this review helpful.
There is so much layered quality in this episode.
On the serious side
- an excellent critique of the cooky cutter education system
- an exploration of the power of encouragement and dismissal. How a young persons trajectory is so delicate. Which is quite horrifying given the first point.
- homer and Marge learning a bitter sweet lesson that their kids don't wish to follow in their footsteps and this is due to their own dreams being unfulfilled. But they accept this because they love their children and want their lives to be better than theirs.
- some very touching without being overly sentimental characterisation concerning Bart and Lisa's sibling bond. They walk a mile in each other's shoes and are the closer for it.
These serious themes are all interlaced with multilayered gags that keep the tone light and are very funny. Seeing Skinner and Bart become like prohibition era cops was hilarious.
The episode even managed to throw in a hilarious take down of too much authority and fascism.
So much high quality writing crammed into 20min and despite this it flows beautifully. 10/10.
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