“I’m sick of all your stereotypes and cheap jokes! The overweight individuals in this country are just as smart and talented and hard working as everybody else! And they’re gonna make their voices heard! All they need is a leader!” – Homer Simpson Conventional wisdom has it that everyone is getting fatter these days and that’s a bad thing. Reality, as usual, is considerably more complicated. Moral panics over fat have been a recurring feature of American culture for over a century; the actual effects of obesity are deeply misunderstood at best; and the amount of societal and cultural abuse…
Tag: Walking Big & Tall
Behind Us Forever: Walking Big & Tall
“Well, this man doesn’t crawl, he stands tall! That rhymes, Marge, and you know it rhymes. Admit it!” – Homer Simpson Another week, another structurally messy, weirdly lifeless, exposition heavy, joke lite episode of Zombie Simpsons. They open with a flashback to “30 years ago” when Hans Moleman was mayor and all the current adults were kids. They sing a crappy song, have a montage, sing it some more, then Bart and Lisa are commissioned to write a new song. After all that, Marge sends Homer to a support group for people to lose weight, but he ends up at…
Sunday Preview: Walking Big & Tall
Lisa discovers that Springfield’s anthem was lifted from another town, so she composes a new one, while Homer gets a big lesson in “Wide Pride.” Tonight’s guest hat is Pharell Williams. I find him to be quite entertaining, but I since I find zombie simpsons most unentertaining, I guess I will just have to miss whatever hijinks that are in store for him tonight.