The Simpsons our societal barometer

by ryan | July 19, 2007 at 03:07 pm

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The Simpsons movie is to be released in just over a week's time. Excitement is building as 18 years of anticipation is to be met with much 'dohing' and 'ay carambaing'.

When I was a whee lad, The Simpsons was just a show of yellow fellas perpetrating pranks and acting funny, but now I've come to realize that what was touted as a cartoon for grown ups and grew into the most successful cartoon in history is a penetrating commentary and barometer of society.

The attached clip is testament to that. And all of us at NowPublic perhaps relate to the message in a special way.

Hi-didalee-ho neighourinos. "The Simpsons Movie" -- the flick that topped Entertainment Weekly's lists of "The 20 Big Events of 2007" -- hits theatres on July 27.

Will it be worth the 18 year wait? That's the question critics and fans are pondering as they blithely imagine the epic catastrophe Homer will unleash upon Springfield, according to the film's producers.

"We waited 18 years to make a film because we didn't want to do it just because we could; we wanted to make a movie because it was right," says Al Jean, the series current showrunner and the writer/producer on The Simpsons Movie.

Writing on the script for the 87-minute feature began in November of 2003. Since then the project has known a level of security that would floor Fort Knox.