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  • Notes for WABF22 (Springfield Splendor)

    From Matt Garvey@1:2320/100 to alt.tv.simpsons on Sun Oct 8 17:43:02 2017
    From Newsgroup: alt.tv.simpsons

    OK episode? The way the production got very out of hand seems like an uncanny reflection of the episode itself, which had an interesting premise (I couldn't help but think of season 1's Moaning Lisa (7G06)) but didn't actually explore IT at all. I see it's another Selman production but apart from the strong Lisa/Marge focus, which I appreciate, and which did NOT diminish as it did in the play, but I didn't really click with it as much as I'd like. Full length, guests were fine, humor was a little out there (though I did enjoy "hot Sharpie"), and I can't believe the way the comic got out in the first place. (Don: Football ended on time over here.)
    DYN:
    ...Dan Harmon (creator of the series Community) is giving a lecture at a community college?
    ...you can't actually fail the Bechdel test the instant you talk about a man? Previous episode stuff, of sorts
    GABF16: Lisa's nightmares
    7G06: Lisa is sad
    AABF05: Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con
    4F12: ...with Poochie cosplay (along with I&S, etc.)
    Dedication
    We got nothing last week for some summertime deaths, but after the credits tonight and before the Gracie logo (which IS back), there is a few seconds of "In loving memory of Tom Petty" with a still from DABF22 (How I Spent My Strummer Vacation). He died this week, suddenly, young, but it certainly feels odd in comparison to last week.

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  • From The 'Brightness' control still does@1:2320/100 to alt.tv.simpsons on Mon Oct 9 03:43:27 2017
    From Newsgroup: alt.tv.simpsons

    On Sun, 8 Oct 2017 17:43:02 -0700 (PDT), Matt Garvey
    <mxg77@po.cwru.edu> wrote:

    OK episode? The way the production got very out of hand seems like an uncanny reflection of the episode itself, which had an interesting premise (I couldn't help but think of season 1's Moaning Lisa (7G06)) but didn't actually explore IT at all. I see it's another Selman production but apart from the strong Lisa/Marge focus, which I appreciate, and which did NOT diminish as it did in the play, but I didn't really click with it as much as I'd like. Full length, guests were fine, humor was a little out there (though I did enjoy "hot Sharpie"), and I can't believe the way the comic got out in the first place.

    I found the plot quite illustrative of how 'The Simpsons' itself has
    pretty much lost its way.

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