1.0The Escapisthttps://www.escapistmagazine.comElizabeth Grunewald Legacy Authorhttps://www.escapistmagazine.com/author/elizabethgrunewald/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="IUeNwqDH2I"><a href="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/please-stop-making-me-hate-the-simpsons/">Please Stop Making Me Hate <i>The Simpsons</i></a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/please-stop-making-me-hate-the-simpsons/embed/#?secret=IUeNwqDH2I" width="600" height="338" title="“Please Stop Making Me Hate <i>The Simpsons</i>” — The Escapist" data-secret="IUeNwqDH2I" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> I want to make this very clear: I love The Simpsons. Two Simpsons episodes, “You Only Move Twice” and “Cape Feare,” rank in my top ten episodes of all television. The show could plumb the depths of human experience while splitting sides, and has been recognized for its brilliance by critics, academics, and just about everyone I consider a friend. I say “could” because The Simpsons should have been canceled about twelve years ago. There were a few bright points after season 10. If the show had been canceled after a decade, we wouldn’t have seen the conspiracy of the […]