The Simpson's media coursework.

Authors Avatar

The Simpson’s media coursework.

Task 1: Here is a list of all the sitcoms I know of which contains a family:

The Cosby Show- American show with an ideal family.

Roseanne- American show with a non-ideal family

Malcolm in the middle- American show with a non-ideal family

Leave it to Beaver- American show with an ideal family

Royle Family- British show with a non-ideal family

  1. Leave it to Beaver is described as a “Happy family sitcom”, this is because the sitcom was about an always-happy couple and their two children.  The children would do the occasional mischievous thing and the family would then sort the problem out in a matter of minutes and revert to being the ideal family again.  The husband, Ward Cleaver and the wife, June, never fought or got angry at each other, which is very unrealistic and this made them the “happy family”.
  2. The honeymooner’s was different from the other sitcoms with the ideal families.  The honeymooner showed a couple that got angry and often shouted at each other, showing how real life couples act.  This made the show a step different from the others.
  3.  

Modern animated sitcoms task:

1.  South Park:

This is one of the controversial animated sitcoms that is shown on TV .  This sitcom is about a group of young boys who get into all sorts of adventures and trouble.  The show has a slightly adult orientated, and the strong language and humour makes the show mainly aimed at the teenager or adult, not children.  This show often refers to subjects like sex, violence, killing Kenny, killing alien, a chef and his women, beating up a little british kid and so on.

King of Hill:

This is also an animated sitcom, which is aimed at more adolescent audience.  This series looks at a more realistic family with problems and regular life.  The show contains adult-based humour and subjects.  Even though the language isn’t as strong as South Park, the show contains more realisitic problems and what family life is like for the Hill’s.

  1. Homer and Marge have a very strange relationship as in they have very little in common, live very different lives and yet they still want and love each other.  When these two are around each other, they act as if they were mother and son, Homer being silly most of the time and Marge telling him what he can and can’t do.  They do try and set an example for their children by behaving around them, but this never seems to work out causing Bart and Lisa to see Homer as an ignorant buffoon and Marge as a stress filled housewife.

In their relationship, Marge is the dominant character.  She tells Homer what to do, when he can do it, how long he can do it and with who he can do it. Even though this is true, Marge still loves Homer and will sometimes let him do what he wants, sometimes she might even join in.

Homer and Marge Simpson are very happily married and they’ve never regretted getting married.  The fact that they haven’t divorced yet after all that’s happened clearly shows that they love each other too much to separate, as shown by the episode with Homer trying to find his soul mate.

Join now!

Their children know that both Homer and Marge truly love each other, but they think of it as “sick”.  The children just think of their relationship as “mum and dad”, not Homer and Marge.

When Homer and Marge have a fight, it’s usually about what Homer has done wrong, or maybe a disagreement about something, but mainly Homer and his wrong doings.

Homer and Marge has quiet a few activites which they like doing together, the main one is sex (of course).  They like going to the cinema, going on wacky adventures and watching TV.

Both of these two characters ...

This is a preview of the whole essay