illustrious Cartoon Families in contemporary America

Who is your favorite cartoon family? It's not an easy question. Is it? When I ask it of myself I am reminded immediately of The Simpsons. Other ideas that pop into mind are The house Guy house and some from South Park, like Stan's. Let's take a range straight through these excellent depictions of suburban life in the 21st century and see what they have to say about us today. They are positively more telling than anything would know from first glance.

The Simpsons burst onto the scene very strongly in the late 1980's. No one would ever be able to forget the rebellious Bart, the symbol of every miniature boy who just wants to have fun - and not do his homework. But their cartoon house as a whole is very broad and even. For instance, Lisa balances out Bart by being a hard-working, saxophone-playing do-gooder. And Homer's crack up antics as a lazy nuclear plant laborer divergence endearingly to his wife, Marge's awareness of her house as a whole. She is always effortlessly taking care of her baby Maggie. It's just great.

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Then with The house Guy we again see some similar dynamics. For instance Peter the dad is a whole lot like Homer, without being so annoying. And he also has his trustable wife Lois. The kids are a miniature weirder though. I don't positively get what's going on with their older boy.

And finally with South Park we see some hilarious American house stereotypes playing out. From white trash Kenny's family, where his mom is always wearing her "I'm With Stupid" t-shirt to Stan's Jewish family, it's all so over the top that it's hard to take offense. There are many funny cartoon families at play here.

But what do these all say about us? Well, since they are caricatures they positively highlight a lot of the silly things we assume to be true on a daily basis. But in the Simpsons in particular there is always some sort of an uplifting moment at the end of the episode. This ties it all together so nicely that you roughly accept our imperfections as being endearing. So be it. We're not God after all.

illustrious Cartoon Families in contemporary America