An Ideological Approach to The Simpsons

The article King-Size Homer, written by Barry Hodge, talks about a single episode of The Simpsons and portrays all the ideological approaches to it. The episode is when Homer decides to gain weight and so he can become physically handicapped. By doing so, he would be able to work from home and not have to deal with a typical working environment. The article goes through the episode thoroughly and gives ideological explanations for each of the characters involved. Towards the end of the article, there is a separate part entitled "Ideological Codes" which gives numerous examples of how The Simpsons contains all sorts of subliminal messages pertaining to the real world. For example "one character, Milhouse (sic), bares [Richard Nixon's] middle name (and one can only ascertain from his un-dominant ideological background – bespectacled, constantly bullied, hated – [that he is] a... true Nixon)." This article provides us with an ideological perspective of The Simpsons. Clicking on the link above should take you there.