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Watching With the Simpsons:

Television, Parody, And Intertextuality
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Routledge Chapman & Hall, 2006 - Performing Arts - 199 pages

Using our favourite Springfield family as a case study, Watching with The Simpsonsexamines the textual and social role of parody in offering critical commentary on other television programs and genres.

Jonathan Gray brings together textual theory, discussions of television and the public sphere, and ideas of parody and comedy. Including primary audience research, it focuses on how The Simpsonshas been able to talk back to three of television’s key genres - the sitcom, adverts and the news - and on how it holds the potential to short-circuit these genre’s meanings, power, and effects by provoking reinterpretations and offering more media literate recontextualizations.

Examining television and media studies theory, the text of The Simpsons, and the show’s audience, Gray attempts to fully situate the show’s parody and humour within the lived realities of its audiences. In doing so, he further explores the possibilities for popular entertainment television to discuss issues of political and social importance.

A must read for any student of media studies.

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User Review  - andrew - Goodreads

Makes some good points. The best book about the Simpsons I've read, definitely. Lots better than the popular ones. This is an academic textbook. Read full review

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About the author (2006)

Jonathan Gray is Assistant Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University. His research and publications examine television and film textuality, audiences, and entertainment’s contribution to the public sphere.

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TitleWatching With the Simpsons: Television, Parody, And Intertextuality
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AuthorJonathan Gray
Editionreprint
PublisherRoutledge Chapman & Hall, 2006
ISBN0415362024, 9780415362023
Length199 pages
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Performing Arts / Television / General
Performing Arts / Television / History & Criticism
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