The Simpsons Writing Strategies #1 chapter 8

Benlow begins his essay by setting up the Simpsons as being a sitcom entirely on its own level. He believes that the Simpsons actually addresses important issues, usually by making fun of them. Benlow gives examples from certain episodes to prove his point. When concluding his essay he says that the Simpsons is more real to life than any of his viewers suspect. That in fact is the irony of it. In the Simposns they are unaware of the corrupt society they live in as we are in our American society.