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The Simpsons: Bart vs. Australia (1995)
Episode 16, Season 6
USA comedies need to stick to their own turf
25 November 2022 - 8 out of 31 users found this review helpful.
Why are USA comedies that are normally smart and funny reduced to drivelling baseless stereotypes whenever they talk about other countries?
Like Arrested Development's bizarre Dick van Dyke series three (the same accents even return in this Simpsons episode!) - USA comedy cannot banter.
Why does it portray Australia as rural when much of the USA is the same? Why did the Simpsons portray Japan as having poor work-life balance when the USA is the same? They're not exactly wrong, but these jokes coming from USA writers is confounding.
None of the jokes are funny and lack the gentle ribbing of more refined comedy. Simpsons is great when it tackles the absurdities and banalities of USA life. Not whatever this is.
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