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So my friends and I watched the simpson's last night. Before it started there was a warning. We can't decide if it was a joke or not. Does anyone know?
The warning said something like parental warning, this episode contains issues dealing with same-sex marriage. Or something like that.
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The show did indeed involve issues pertaining to same-sex marriage, so it probably wasn't a joke.
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Well two of the guys in our group thought perhaps the warning was making fun of all the warnings people have to put up. It seems like an odd warning. I used to seeing this show may discuss adult themes or something like that. This warning was really specialized.
*shrug* I thought the show was one of the better new ones. Or, at least I giggled more than usual.
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For the FOX network, it was probably quite serious: what with the deluge of organised hatemail likely to pour into the newly activist FederalCommunicationsCommission.
For the Simpsons, probably more like accepted cuz "its a funny lead-in for our show." When you're a billion-dollar franchise for stepping on people's foibles, ya don't really worry about the FTC. If FOX network decided to cancel out their contract, it'd just start a major bidding war by the other networks and cable&satellite channels.
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That episode was pretty good, better than most of the later season Simpson's episodes. Yet, it annoys me when they have that parental discretion disclaimer anytime there's a gay theme. Still, it was cool when Patty came out and all. It could have been better though.
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No, two episodes of the Simpsons instead. Next Sunday will be an hour long episode of Arrested Development.
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No one seems to have considered that parental warnings are as much used to get viewers to perk up their ears as to warn parents of questionable content.
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