Abstract
- The Simpsons season 35 is more likely to handle NFTs in an episode, however South Park already lined the subject earlier than it turned previous information.
- The longer manufacturing means of The Simpsons makes it tough for the present to remain present with topical points.
- The Simpsons ought to focus by itself strengths as an alternative of making an attempt to repeat South Park’s writing model in season 35.
Whereas The Simpsons season 35 will seemingly satirize an notorious viral pattern, this storyline is probably going to attract consideration to an issue that makes South Park look higher than its competitor. Because the sequence started, The Simpsons has been a phenomenally influential present. Within the late Eighties and early ‘90s, the outsized success of a ribald grownup animated comedy on prime-time tv led networks to green-light initiatives like Fish Police, Capitol Critters, and Household Canine. A number of years later, a string of extra profitable initiatives like King of the Hill, Beavis and Butthead, South Park, and Household Man all borrowed parts of The Simpsons formulation.
Nonetheless, since nicely earlier than The Simpsons season 35, the present itself has additionally been borrowing from its imitators. South Park infamously declared “Simpsons did it” about nearly each comedic plot line below the solar, however within the years since that episode aired, The Simpsons has adopted examples set by South Park and Household Man on quite a few events. This isn’t normally an issue for the long-running sequence, as borrowing from its rivals permits The Simpsons to inform riskier jokes and make use of new comedic types. Nonetheless, this could grow to be an actual downside for the sequence when The Simpsons tries to outdo South Park in a single specific enviornment.
The Simpsons Season 35’s NFT Episode Might Be Too Late
Judging by that distinctively animated ape that Homer is seen with in The Simpsons season 35 trailer, the upcoming outing will doubtless have an episode targeted on NFTs. Nonetheless, this topic has already been run into the bottom by each South Park in 2022 and Futurama in 2023. Whereas South Park’s 2023 specials have been delayed, the present’s comedic takedown of the NFT craze aired approach again in June 2022. South Park mocked NFTs whereas they had been nonetheless a newsworthy matter, fairly than a drained fad that the majority viewers had lengthy forgotten. Nonetheless, the longer manufacturing means of The Simpsons means the present took some time to catch up.
That is an space the place South Park has all the time had a bonus. South Park’s distinctive manufacturing course of permits the present’s creators to put in writing, animate, produce, and air every new episode within the span of 5 days. This bold fee ends in South Park discussing information occasions as they unfold, which provides the present an unparalleled capacity to give attention to topical humor. The Simpsons season 35 is taking a giant danger by making an episode about NFTs in 2023 when the phenomenon has lengthy since light from the general public consciousness. If something, the outing is probably going to attract consideration to how a lot timelier South Park’s satire is as compared.
The Simpsons Season 35 Struggles With Its Oldest Drawback (That South Park Avoids)
The prolonged manufacturing means of The Simpsons means the present is ill-equipped to deal with topical points with out feeling desperately dated. NFTs had been previous information nicely earlier than Futurama mocked them in August 2023, and The Simpsons season 35’s NFT episode will arrive in October 2023 on the earliest. This isn’t an inherently dangerous factor as The Simpsons doesn’t essentially want well timed satirical gags to succeed. The Simpsons didn’t hit main milestones by counting on the formulation of its rivals, however fairly by specializing in the present’s personal strengths. As such, whereas borrowing South Park‘s tips every so often is ok, The Simpsons season 35 shouldn’t attempt to copy the writing model of the sequence.
