Homer Simpson, voiced by Dan Castellaneta, made the statement in a recent episode titled ‘McMansion & Wife,’ where he offered an explanation for his tight “grip.”
The Simpsons he changed one of his longest running gags to be more in tune with the times.
In a recent episode titled “McMansion & Wife,” which aired on October 22, Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta) met his new neighbor Thayer (Hank Azaria), who noted that Homer had “quite a grip” as they met. handled.
“See, Marge, strangling the boy paid off,” Homer quipped to his wife. “Just kidding. I don’t do that anymore.”
Homer then added with a smile, “Times have changed!”
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Homer’s strangling of his oldest child Bart (voiced by Nancy Cartwright) has been used for laughs since the series premiere in 1989. thing.”)
And although Homer only recently declared that he wouldn’t strangle his 10-year-old son, the TV dad hasn’t actually done so in several years. According to IGN, Homer strangled Bart for the last time on screen during the show’s 31st season, which aired from 2019 to 2020.
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Fox/Courtesy Everett Collection The Simpsons will no longer have white voices, the voices of characters of color
The Simpsons has had to rethink some of its more problematic characterizations in recent years, most notably when its Native American character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon (also previously voiced by Azaria) drew criticism for portraying negative stereotypes, even sparking a 2017 documentary. The problem with Apu.
Azaria, 59, later stepped down from the role in January 2020, saying it was “the right thing to do”. The part has yet to be recast, and Apu has only appeared in the background in the years that followed.
“I really didn’t know any better,” Azaria said Armchair expert podcast in April 2021, according to Guard. “I didn’t think about it. I wasn’t aware of how much relative advantage I was given in this country as a white kid from Queens. Just because there were good intentions, that doesn’t mean there weren’t real negative consequences to the thing I was responsible for.”
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It was also announced in February 2021 that the long-running character of Dr. Hibbert, who is Black, would be recast with Kevin Michael Richardson after decades of being voiced by Harry Shearer, who is White.
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