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The Simpsons: Bart Has Two Mommies
Posted Mar 20th 2006 9:22AM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Comedy, FOX, OpEd, The Simpsons, Animation
The best episodes of The Simpsons contain several layers, mixing the
absurd and sophomoric with the heartfelt and sincere. Seventeen seasons
down this long road with no forseeable end in sight, it's normal to
catch an occasional episode where everything doesn't quite fit, even if
some elements still work.
That's just my long-winded way of saying last night's episode didn't
exactly rock my world, but there were parts I liked. As far as the
"gags" they all pretty much left me cold. I don't think I had a single
"laugh out loud" moment, though Homer going through a mill in the
beginning in order to get his rubber duck back into a charity race was
a fun bit of Chuck Jones-inspired insanity. Also, seeing the
expressions of pure elation on the faces of Rod and Todd when they use
a see-saw correctly for the first time was amusing. Bart's relationship
with his surrogate monkey mother had several nice little subtleties,
and I loved how easily he fell into the role of "son," immediately
taking advantage of his fake mother's natural instinct.
At the heart of the episode was Marge and how she teaches Flanders and
his two sons that it's okay to take risks and get hurt once and awhile.
It's that element of humanity that's in all the best Simpsons episodes.
Even if it was a bit weak in this instance, I'll call it okay but
forgettable. Besides, next week is the Ricky Gervais episode, and I
have slightly larger hopes for that one.
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