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[–] quarrk@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

The Simpsons is such a long-running show that it’s hard to make blanket characterizations about how it portrayed characters. I would say they should make a term for characters changing over the course of a show, but Simpsons did it.

Homer was originally supposed to be Average Joe incarnate. It was only later that he became dumb and rude.

Not a Simpsons expert but I think even Milhouse was portrayed more sympathetically at the start.

Lisa isn’t really supposed to be a lefty, more like a specifically liberal busybody. One who the viewer is supposed to understand is technically correct but a buzzkill.