In the writing Bart Simpson's : Prince of Irreverence by Douglas Rushkoff. Rushkoff makes a proposition or thesis statement about the Simpson's saying that " What began as entertaining interstitial material for an alternative network variety show has revealed itself, in the twenty-first century , as nothing short of a media revolution.
Rushkoff makes various points of views. One is that when he says the Simpson's take place in a small town name after the fictional location of an earlier television show " Father knows best". Just as in the earlier show the Simpson's is a family that has a open mind about each others lifestyles , and even after conflict the family always come together at the end.
He describes Bart as being ironic just paragraphs earlier, before he goes into an episode where Bart plays a prank on the media. Although the story has some truth to it , the writer voices his self-conscious comments on the media. Sort of like destructing history for the entertainment of his audience.
Rushkoff might respond defensively to the writing by George F. Will , Reality Television : oxymoron. the show is not made with fictional characters for one and that audience that it draws in usually participated or have tried things they see on reality television before. will uses the words of Fred Allen saying "Imitation is the sincerest form of television" . The blame should not fall on the show because the opening credits , says clearly that the stunts being performed are done by professionals so do not try this at home.
Rushkoff might agree with Goldwasser adding that the older generation has not yet stop watching the older forms of media which seems to be more informed than ever before. CNN is one of the most watched stations and with the younger generation on their Ipods , and computers that the older generation is the majority of the viewers.
