This is a very (overly) detailed analysis of
The Simpsons and how the television show draws from and contributes to today's popular culture. A great review of this book at amazon.com is (in the vein of Comic Book Guy) "
Longest. Alt.tv.simpsons Post. Ever.": "In short, this book is dull." I don't know if I would go that far - but Turner does provide very thorough examples for his comparisons of Homer as today's everyman, Bart as "punk icon", Mr. Burns as the corporate global marketplace, Lisa as (of course) the activist voice of conscious, Marge as everymom; and how The Simpsons intersect the media, politics, and technology. Of course, since this is a pseudo-academic popular culture work, you'll be happy to find references to
Foucault and the Panopticon.
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