case study

'explain why your case study is postmodern, analysing hpw it constructs meaning through its post modern features'

The simpsons
an animated show like the simpsons is a post modern, the show is hyper real and contains many inter textual references to other shows, celebritys and films.
The simpsons like the 'extras' take inspirations from the people and society, creating a sort of parody in a tongue and cheek way to make the audience laugh. Each of the simpsons episodes have a different message or story to protray and none are connected. The simpsons pulls in a load of different audiences such as multiple age groups, both genders and may ethinicities. Some of the intertexual references there has been in the simpsons include famous people like simon cowell, presidents, JFK as well as references to films such as
Harry Potter, Wall-E, batman and spiderman as well as the ten commandments.

They focus episodes on different things that is happening in the realworld making them hyper real such as gay marriage, drinking and drugs, bullying. The episodes sometimes take non liner narrative and parts of the story line have nothing to do with the main focus of that persific episode. They also do special hoilday episodes such as a halloween special where multiple little stories are told by each of the main charcaters from their prespective. The simpsons are seen to be the traditional nuclear family although you see them go through problems.