The Simpsons - Just a cartoon or an advocate for anti-war?

Though the Halloween special of The Simpsons that airs every year around this time has not aired yet, thanks to www.radaronline.com, you can get an inside scoop on what's to come.

Apparently the upcoming Halloween episode of The Simpsons is going to parody the war in Iraq with clever twists to make the episode a little less controversial. If you read the article by Jeff Bercovici of radaronline.com, he gives a few quotes that shed some light onto the kinds of anti-war sentiments that you might see. The main plot of the episode is that aliens from outer space have invaded the town of Springfield to prevent humanity from possessing "weapons of mass disintergration," sound familiar to anything war related that you've heard? Another reference to the war comes when one of the aliens says to the other "you said we would be greeted as liberators!" A not so subtle way of talking about their view of America's participation in the war.

Though this episode may be pushing some boundaries, I cannot wait to see how far they will take it. I personally am all for bashing our politics of war for the sake of truth and humor!

The Simpsons annual Halloween special will air November 5 so be sure to watch and write me back with what you thought, because I will definitely be writing again after I see it too... So long as I don't forget to watch. haha

Oh...and this post also relates to a previous post about the 3 most important shows, or rather adds to my reasoning.