"Dark" Simpsons opening creates controversy

This is what I told my brother about it after he thought it was fake "This has to be the most darkest opening to The Simpsons... of all time... along with the most unfunny... of all time... unless you have a sick sense of schadenfreude." But wow, still can't believe something like that was made.
 
I didn't find this odd when I first watched it... The only thing that kinda creeped me out was the severed dolphin head.

Yeah, it was dark but to me I don't see why it would cause controversy. :/
 
This is one of many reasons why The Simpsons needs to end.

The old Simpsons had a very caring heart with strong satire 'inserted' in:)

But now:crying::ack::sad:......

EDIT: Just saw it, that was just brutal I mean The Simpsons have tackled stuff like this before but WOW...?:ack::ack::sad: I can't get this out of my head:mad: The Simpsons are just whoring themselves out their goal was NEVER to make fun of every country in the world:confused: And I just caught news of this intro on the telly.
 
If the commentaries and behind-the-scenes pieces I've seen are any indication, places like Rough Draft and Akom are actually very nice and modern, not like a sweatshop at all. In that sense, I'm surprised the overseas studios didn't object to having to animate this, like they did for the scene in "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie" which portrayed a Korean animation studio as an oppressive place where soldiers with guns stand behind the staff and force them to work nonstop.

And yes, echoing what SNES Chalmers said. Cels aren't used anymore, so that's just another way this couch gag is inaccurate.
 
Well, along with the Korean panda, severed dolphin head, and chained-up unicorn.

I was laughing somewhat nervously at the start, but when they got to the giant toxic waste drums and using dolphin tongues to seal things shut, well, I found that absolutely hilarious. Maybe I'm weird, but, I dunno, I liked it, dark or not.
 
To be honest, I'm so used to The Simpsons making fun of their parent network and the work conditions of animators (as the Itchy and Scratchy episodes usually do), I didn't even bat an eye when this gag took place.

But yeah, the cel-painting in the beginning really takes you out of the joke when you realize animation is mostly digital nowadays.
 
I'm sorry, but I laughed my butt off when the camera zoomed out to show 20th Century Fox logo. It is a darker opening but it's one of the ones I really liked for its satirical humor.
 
Me too, I was kinda creeped out by the couch gag, but when it zoomed out to show the 20th Century Fox logo, I have to admit I laughed.
 
I'm quite surprised. While Rough Draft did not like how they portrayed Korean animation studios in The Itchy & Scratchy Movie episode, I am shocked and appalled that Akom just went ahead with the opening on the recent episode. Really, with all the inaccuracies and dark tone; I'm glad this opening is getting the controversy it needs.



Indeed, I should also point out that Akom is actually just above a convenience store too.
 
I think some of you are thinking too narrowly about this. It's not dark for dark's sake. Banksy is making a political statement here. It may not be technically accurate on the details of animation and merchandise production (I don't think severed dolphin heads are involved) and it may use lots of hyperbole, but the Simpsons are like all US families in that they benefit from the exploitation of the third world. As Banksy makes the Simpsons acknowledge this dark truth about itself, he wants us to think about ourselves and our relationship to these people.

Why do you think things are so cheap at Wal-Mart? We're able to live well cheaply in large part because other people do these things for us in conditions and for pay we would never abide for ourselves. The conditions may not be as bad as Banksy presents, in fact they might often be relatively good jobs compared to other opportunities in these countries, but there's still a power inequality that we benefit from.

Like I said in the other thread, it's really brave of the Simpson's producers to allow this.
 
It's more brave of the producers to do this right under 20th Century's nose, and in turn for 20th Century to allow them to do it.

Anways, I found this article as well, but there is something I don't understand about it:


Where have people been these last 20 years? I thought it was common knowledge that the show, and many other shows over the years, were produced in Korea. And yeah, jokes from Itchy and Scratchy episodes have poked fun at that as well, so who could really be unaware of that?
 
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