While The Simpsons has ignored many controversies over the years, season 35, episode 3 addressed Bart and Homer's strangling moments pretty well.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The Simpsons season 35, episode 3 referenced one of the show’s oldest controversies and managed to touch on this sensitive topic with a surprising level of grace. The Simpsons might not be anywhere near as controversial as the show once was in its early days, but it's not immune to bad publicity.
Homer then laughs and admits that he no longer does this since cultural norms have moved on — a gag that allowed The Simpsons to make a meta-joke about how long the series has been on the air. Since the show has aired over 750 episodes across 35 years, it was inevitable that cultural attitudes toward parenting and discipline would change massively in the intervening period.
The Simpsons Handled This Controversy Better Than Most It is fair to say that, before “McMansion and Wife” addressed the recurring jokes about child abuse, The Simpsons was not great at touching on the show’s controversies. In 2021, the series quietly replaced white actors who played non-white roles without addressing the switch and The Simpsons completely ignored the Apu controversy before finally alluding to it in a thin gag that didn’t really touch on the issue itself.
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