The Simpsons Episodes They Couldn't Get Away Making with Today
Basically any Apu episode can fit in the list, but I chose that one, because James Woods (who is more well known for his far-right Twitter nowadays) is a guest star.
You mean the episode they pretend they never made at all? Unless you're so fortunate as to own the season 3 DVD set from an earlier print run, if you wanna see this episide without resorting to piracy you're screwed.
I like this episode, but I highly doubt Simpsons would make this episode today.
So many jokes in the episode would be brushed off as politically incorrect in the final episode of Simpsons' golden age.
Nowadays, the Simpsons wouldn't try a light-hearted approach to sexual harrassment.
With Disney (owner of FOX) openly supporting China, this would be better off either being stuck in 2006 or being a South Park episode.
While the message is timeless as ever and the gay guy is played by a person who is gay, people might call it stereotypical in 2020.
This episode has a light-hearted approach to suicide that feels like if One Coarse Meal entered Springfield. Not in 2020, no sir, let alone 2007.
This episode could've been controversial if this was made nowadays.
Nowadays, this episode is hypocritical, since Simpsons did exactly what they were going against back in Season 2 with the "Apu" character, plus, banning Stark Raving Dad for featuring Michael Jackson and pressure from the Parents Television Council, founded 4 or 5 years after the episode aired.
Jay's voice actor is now too busy playing a different millennial stereotype named Jay (the husband of the woman who can communicate with the title characters in "Ghosts").
It's an Apu episode, need I say more?
Re that comment about Ku Klutz Klam and how that joke would rile up a mob today: also there was Uncle Ant, which given today's attitude towards "transphobia"...
1. The titular theme park is a not-so-affectionate parody of Disneyland/World, and Disney now owns the show. 2. There was a scene mentioning now-retired co-stars of Itchy and Scratchy, one of which was named Ku Klux Klam, which given BLM...
Not only for being a take on a Disney movie, but also for the dogs not being "fixed"
Since the show is owned by Disney, such a heavy handed parody would've been DOA.
The show itself apologized for this a mere week later, via the very next episode's chalkboard punishment.
This would be cancelled within a matter of seconds today.
Nowadays, the entire dynamic is so off compared to today's Simpsons.
It's kind of two-sided, for one, you have Lisa getting little commepence for her actions, on the other hand, Apu's a major character, Troy McClure's film makes fun of vegans, etc.
Obviously, due to the subject matter and predictions.
This would kind of be compared to cancel culture.