Leaving Springfield: The ""Simpsons"" and the Possibility of Oppositional Culture (Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Series)

by JohnAlberti (Editor)

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  Paperback
  2003

  $32.53

  This is a study of the television programme The Simpsons which focuses on the show's dual roles as subversive political satire and mainstream mass media hit. It addresses the show's success as a corporate-manufactured show that paraodies the very consumer capitalism it simultaneously promotes.