Why was there never any controversy over Homer strangling Bart?

>>85675904
The Simpsons was culturally irrelevant by the time virtue signaling on social media became a thing. There was a political correctness boom in the 90s but it didn't permeate culture like it does today.

>>85675959
this.
it was broadcast in the evening after 8 for most of the 90's and was clearly labeled for an adult audience, and before socal media it was primarily childrens programing that got campaigned against.
one thing to remember is that befor social media it was difficult to have a reaction movment, and the only ones that broke the national seen were ones that got sponsored by existing groups or monied benifactors, and most of those were always afraid of poshing the line too far and being laughed into irrelevance, and for the most part, policing adults was considered ridiculous 25 years ago.

>>85676138
>policing adults was considered ridiculous 25 years ago.
what a time to be alive

>>85676314
This, also, even today, violence against male characters for comedy reasons is A-OK.

>>85675904
Barth a boy, boys are meant to be tuff. A little physically contact here and there only toughened him up

Back then people were more like to physically discipline their kids. And adults generally believed that kids deserved to be put in line when they act up. So the strangling was probably more like "lol Bart that little shit". There was an implication that while Homer was a buffoon, he basically had a right to be angry as the man of the house.

Also. Simpsons was a show about a dysfunctional family and I think the viewers understood that.

>>85676576
>Simpsons was a show about a dysfunctional family and I think the viewers understood that
The only true sentence in this post.

>>85675904
Children didn't gain rights until the 2010s

>>85676862
if by rights you mean the right to walk over everyone with no consequences

>>85677056
You mean like the "boys will be boys" era of the 20th century?

>>85675959
>>85676138

Actually, you were just too young to notice shit like that.

>>85676576

>Back then people were more like to physically discipline their kids.

You can't really compare spanking to strangling.

>>85676446

Except the same series had violence against females on pretty frequent occasions. Infact the first fucking aired episode has them all electroshocking each other.

>>85677346
Do you seriously compare the amount of physical violence for comedic purpose the male cast of the simpsons like homer or bart has received to that of the female cast, like lisa and marge?

>>85675904
It was a different time.

>>85675904
Because it was a cartoon and people with a functioning brain could tell the difference between real life and fantasy.

it was played off as slapstick

>>85675904
The joke was that Homer was an awful father and that the Simpsons were a miserable low income family.

Same way that shows like It's Always Funny get away with ridiculous shit. Though desu even I thought the creampie episode was pushing the envelope a bit too far.

is there anything in western animation today that triggers real widespread backlash outside of Tumblr? Sausage Party seems to be getting more heat for treating the animators like shit than for anything in the movie itself

Seems like there are shows out there that are begging for people to take offense, but not many are taking the bait any more. Of course, to be offended by TV you have to actually watch it...

>>85677525
>Sausage Party seems to be getting more heat for treating the animators like shit than for anything in the movie itself

When the title is a literal dick joke you already know what you're in for in terms of content so the thing about the animators will stand out.