The Simpsons is an animated television show, created by Matt Groening in 1987. The Simpsons shows a simple family in a small town in the middle of America, which is called Springfield. The Simpsons shows some environmental problems that might be caused by human activities. This show may make significant changes on some issues of culture and society through comedy. Ann Marie Todd the author, made claims about the environmental rhetoric of The Simpsons. When one makes an analysis of the show, there are hilarious scenes that can be seen from the social order through symbolic action, popular culture imagery as social commentary. The rhetoric of visual argument, the environmental politics of the Springfield nuclear power plant, Springfield’s other creatures, the role and fate of animals in the Simpsons, and Environment as ideology is appoint well articulated and the show is a state of art. The Simpsons shows negative actions that affect the environemnt and animals to help changing the behavior of the audience.
The comic frame that transcends the social order through symbolic action, the human or social behavior can be improved by showing the action of comical characters (Todd, 136). Burke states …show more content…
Korte states that “Unlike many shows on TV, The Simpsons encourages critique, demanding that viewers be active in their consumption” (qtd in Todd, 151). In other words, The Simpsons is different from other television shows. It is presented to show general issues and encourage critique. The Simpsons is tying to change the audience’s behavior in order to help the environment. This fact is sufficient because it is from The Simpsons as quality television. This evidence is persuasive for producers because they may have new ideas that need to be produced, and show audiences in order to change the audience’s point of view to protect the