It was a comedy moment that appeared so many times - Bart would push Homer too far and end up being choked, pulling faces and making gagging noises. After years of strangling, it seems Bart no longer will suffer the hands of Homer.
The Simpsons has been on our screens for over 35 years
Oddly,The Simpsonsshow has directly referred to the strangling and its absence in the latest episode of season 35, showing onDisney+. As Homer meets a new neighbour, Thayer, Homer shakes the man’s hand. The new neighbour remarks on the strength of Homer’s grip to which the father remarks, “See, Marge, strangling the boy paid off.”
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Back in season 22 there was an episode dedicated to the choking, called ‘Love is a Many Strangled Thing’ which showed Homer attend classes to learn how Bart must have felt during those angered outbursts, that he may have felt “young, small, and terrified.'
The Simpsonshas, in recent years, pivoted whenever the social landscape has deemed it necessary, much as they did with Apu and his recasting from a white actor to a better representation. Times change as Homer said, and we should all change with them.
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