Friday, November 6, 2009

Homer Versus the 18th Amendment

In the Simpsons episode"Homer versus the 18th amendment" the producers did a good job of getting some information out about prohibition and still making the episode enjoyable. They even managed to outweigh the fictional comedy. The elements that were portrayed well were the speakeasies, when the bar was called a pet shop and the chief of police didn't know. Another one was bootlegging, this was portrayed when Homer was supplying beer to the bar. I very much enjoyed this episode, I thought it was both somewhat informative and funny.

A scene that I would make more historically accurate is when Homer was giving the beer through bowling balls. I would make this more accurate by still having Homer being a beer Barron, but I would defiantly make it a more realistic way of getting the beer to the bars by a more sufficient way like delivering them in soda bottles, this would make it more realistic and would not ruin the way the show.

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