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there have been three episodes on the simpsons this season mentioning literature. the new writers are confirmed for hipsters.

>the book job
>the valentines episode where lisa meets an intellectual who is 'hemmingway-esque'
>in the political episode where homer is given right to a spot as a host on tv, they are travelling and their suitcase is 2 kg overweight.

bart: lisa, did you really have to bring all those kurt vonnegut books?
lisa: but they self-reference eachother!!


this is what your literature amounts to. no one cares, basically.

>> No.2406801

just one of the many problems plaguing that show. just end it. it's like watching the nursing home abuse a senile loved one.

>> No.2406808

I stay within the fold where I'm appreciated. Enveloped by the love and adoration of like-minded peoples. I do not associate with the "normals". They are filthy, disgusting and ignorant beasts. I like it this way.

Enjoy your network television and Pringles and Nike shoes and whatever else it is that you're into.

>> No.2406810

>episode where lisa is trying to write a novel
>before I get started, I better alphabetize my cds
>better go to starbucks and buy some coffee
>a million other procastinations

fuck...

>> No.2406814

It's just Family Guy with yellow people now. I watched an episode where Homer, out of nowhere, and seemingly for no purpose, just decided to walk up a wall and dance on the ceiling, like in that Lionel Ritchie video from the 80's.

>> No.2406816

>>2406801

the current state of society is what has taken a toll on the simpsons. they have always been attune to the underpinnings of culture, and cynicism is fashionable now. the simpsons suck because we hate ourselves more than we ever have. personally, i blame the progression of technology and the predominance of social networking. but thats just me guise

>> No.2406818

>>2406814

they've synthesized family guy AND south park, actually. and filtered them to be universal

>> No.2406820

>>2406816
Simpsons was shit before Facebook. I think it was season 10 when they started to have a celebrity cameo in every episode.

>> No.2406821

The Simpsons has _always_ had literary allusions, fag.

>> No.2406825

>>2406808

kill yourself for thinking your insecurity warrants you for superiority. we all know you immerse yourself in 'intellectual' banter because you can't twist logic to provoke laughter

'true humour begins when a man ceases to take himself seriously' - thank you mr. hesse

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2406827

>2012
>still watching the simpsons

>> No.2406829

>>2406797
>hemingway
>vonnegut
>hipsters

>> No.2406831

>>2406821

not 3 compacted into a single season. mind you i haven't even watched this entire season so there could be more lurking that i am unaware of. the tone they use is maliciously sarcastic, also. there is an alternative motive this time, beyond parodying what they are referencing explicitly

>> No.2406832

>>2406829

you are deluded if you don't think they correlate

>> No.2406833

>>2406832
>breathing
>eating
>hipsters

>> No.2406839

>>2406827

the simpsons are literally the best show ever, despite their recent incapacities. they are accessible and always somehow manage to incorporate something tailored to every strain of human (whilst still retaining structure and fluidity)

so fuck you

>> No.2406843

>>2406833

>green text
>green text
>hipsters

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>>2406839
the simpsons (seasons 4-11) really really good television comedy. ignoring the rest, you could make a claim at greatness, but other shows were more consistent and went longer

M*A*S*H

>> No.2406850

>>2406839
do you work for FOX? otherwise you must be like 12...

>> No.2406851

>>2406832
you really think mentioning This kind of writers is hipster-ish? you're talking about hemingway, not... i dunno, baudrillard for example

>> No.2406870

>>2406848

you are disregarding my mention of it being universally accessible.

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>>2406870
>universally accessible
that just means stupid people like it

>> No.2406915

prime simpsons is second only to frasier in terms of american comedy shows. behind the visual gags it was ridiculously witty.

now it's just awful. like family guy for kids.

>> No.2406921

>>2406915
When Roz's actress was pregnant, Roz had a baby.

When Daphne's actress was pregnant, Daphne became fat.

>> No.2406923

>>2406898

no, it means stupid people can appreciate it for the equivocation and intelligent people can appreciate it for the subversion

>> No.2406937

Simpsons now appealing to least common denominator to remain relevant in a post-MacFarlane world
Has to bash books, adapt "cynical" nature.

If it wasn't for Archer, I'd say cartoon sitcoms for adults was a doomed genre

>> No.2406948

>>2406915
>prime Simpsons
>second to anything

Just, no.

>> No.2406949

Well, most comdey shows on tv nowadays are way past their expiration date.
For example: Two and a half men and How i met your mother.

>> No.2406950

>>2406937
How do you feel about Frisky Dingo, then?

>> No.2406960

>>2406950
I also enjoyed Dingo, and Sealab2021, but both series are "over" and Archer is currently airing new episodes.

>> No.2406983

batailles and artaud are hipster-ish.
david foster wallace, slightly so.
franzen is surface-level hipster.
hemingway and vonnegut are not fucking hipster.

>> No.2407003

>>2406949
But they were always terrible.

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>>2406848

>mfw I'm currently reading Infinite Jest and I just got to the chapter about M*A*S*H ruining the guy's life.

>> No.2407012

OP, if you're Vonnegut and Hemingway are hipster, this is the most retarded thing i've read on 4chan recently.

>> No.2407013

>>2406983
> batailles and artaud are hipster-ish.
wat.jpg

>> No.2407046

>>2406797
>simpsons
>judging the tastes of hipsters
Fucking kids these days.

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>>2406797
If you use the word hipster to describe ANYTHING including a pitchfork reading, skinny jean wearing, brooklyn artist YOU ARE A FUCKING MORON.

>> No.2408685

>>2407010
>read that part last night
>mfw

>> No.2408695

>>2407013
besides my typo on bataille, what don't you understand? there's been a rising trend of reading bataille and artaud as of late.

>> No.2408697

Why the fuck does anyone still watch The Simpsons. Shit hasn't been good for like a decade.

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2408701

The Simpsons attest to how important something is.

If it hasn't been mentioned or references in The Simpsons, it isn't important.

>> No.2408746

>mfw off the top of my head i remember things like joseph beuys, eric rohmer, claude chabrol, scorpio rising, anna karenina, an actual hardcover copy of the stranger by camus, jean luc godard posters hanging in the bg, battleship potemkin, jokes about the age of innocence, boris godunov, glenn ligon, the beautiful and the damned, "wearing a scarf, sitting in coffee shops having a ernest hemingway complex", fitzgerald being referenced in GOSSIP GIRL, a teen show of all things

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>> No.2409208

>>2406810
The young adult fiction one was the first episode ive watched in years, other than old episodes ive downloaded. It was pretty funny and the procrastination bit made me laugh and cry.

>> No.2409209

>>2408701
>Britney Spears

>> No.2409229

Jonathan Franzen was in a recent episode. Is he big in Murrika?

>> No.2409247

>After costing Springfield their chance at getting a major football team, Grampa contemplates suicide and goes to a doctor specializing in euthanasia. However, when the police arrests the doctor and Grampa realizes he's not dead, he starts a new life as a bullfighter for the newly converted stadium.

>> No.2409250

>Bart gets a drum kit to work out his aggression and becomes a natural. Meanwhile, Lisa adopts animals to combat depression when Bart is chosen over Lisa to be a member of Lisa's favorite jazz band - one of which is a tiger that attacks Bart's drumming arm.

>> No.2409253

>When Cletus ineptly tosses his pipe, Springfield is in danger when the town is about to be hit by a ferocious fire. Bart unwittingly saves the day and is rewarded with a driver's license. However, when he drives to North Haverbrook, he is then engaged with a girl named Darcy who ropes Bart into marriage after declaring that she's pregnant. Meanwhile, Lisa lies about her family heritage in an essay, declaring that she's an American Indian, and gets chosen to give a keynote speech at a convention.

>> No.2409260

>>2409229
He is among the literary community.

So... no.

He does write some good shit though when it's not about coal mining. Or whatever the fuck the first 80 or so pages of the Corrections is trying to do.

>> No.2409266

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u9JAt6gFqM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR7m-4Vc3MU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGFwLHCTsfk

>The Simpsons will never regain its former glory

>> No.2409281

In an UNEXPECTED turn of events, Grampa and Selma fall in love and get married, prompting Homer and Patty plot to break up their love connection. Meanwhile, Bart and Lisa con a delivery man into giving them the most sought-after commodity in the neighborhood - cardboard boxes - so they can build a fort.

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>>2409247
>>2409250
>>2409253
>>2409281
Cur.

>> No.2409304

>>2409281
A nice example for an ambiguous use of "their"!

>prompting Homer and Patty plot to break up their love connection.

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2409340

there was the part in the 90s when Lisa said that Gore Vidal has kissed more boys than she ever would.

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2409341

You know, the one with all the well-meaning rules that don't work in real life -- uh, Christianity.
-- Homer Simpson, telling what religion the family belongs to

>> No.2409374

>>2409340

That was actually funny, these references are just hipsters showing off.