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The decline of the Simpsons 📉 (jlai.lu)

submitted 6 months ago by ElCanut@jlai.lu to c/dataisbeautiful@lemmy.ml

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[–] Hux@lemmy.ml 91 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I agree with the graphic.

However, I recently completed a straight watch-thru of every Simpsons episode, and while watching the lackluster episodes from seasons ~20-~30, I have to acknowledge one thing:

Quality of the show and its writing have noticeably improved since around Season 32.

The most recent episodes feel more centered on the family and much less on bizarre cameos and really outrageous situations. It actually feels like a show about the Simpson family and treats the characters more age-appropriately.

I don’t like that they lost/recast established voices of minority characters (Apu, Carl, Dr. Hibbert, etc), I do think the quality and the focus of the show is much better than it has been in almost 2-decades.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Dude, that's over 700 episodes, most of which suck ass. Why would you do that to yourself?

[–] Hux@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago

I distributed the watch over a long period of time—I only ever watched episodes while on a lunch break at work. It was an effective way of unplugging and just watching something “familiar”. I would typically bang out (up to) 2-episodes/day, 5-days a week over the course of about 2-years.

I just checked, and I have not watched the most recent episode, but I’m sure I will while on lunch sometime next week.

I would argue that majority are not as bad as you imply, though some are a tough watch—like the pointless travel shows, I recall Denmark and Canada as being a difficult watch.

[–] PhAzE@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 months ago

I have to agree, the recent seasons feel like they have a cohesive story and often even pull away from the 3 piece storyy telling they were doing between seasons 20-30.

I wonder if there was a new writer brought on from s32 onward who's responsible for the uptick.