Black Simpsons

[Derek]

<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 14pt">The Simpsons turn black for Angolan television debut</span></span>
by Staff, Brand Republic 21-Aug-09, 15:45



LONDON - An Angolan ad agency has turned The Simpsons from yellow to brown in a television campaign promoting the long-running comedy's debut on an African satellite channel.

The ad was created by Executive Centre, which is based in Luanda, Angola. It shows the family with dark skin. Marg's blue bouffant is now a black afro and Lisa has braided hair.

The ad promotes 'The Simpsons'' first screening in Angola by the satellite television channel Dstv.

http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/928612/Simpsons-turn-black-Angolan-television-debut/

<span style="font-style: italic">Is this necessary?</span>

[Amberal37]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Derek</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 14pt">The Simpsons turn black for Angolan television debut</span></span>
by Staff, Brand Republic 21-Aug-09, 15:45



LONDON - An Angolan ad agency has turned The Simpsons from yellow to brown in a television campaign promoting the long-running comedy's debut on an African satellite channel.

The ad was created by Executive Centre, which is based in Luanda, Angola. It shows the family with dark skin. Marg's blue bouffant is now a black afro and Lisa has braided hair.

The ad promotes 'The Simpsons'' first screening in Angola by the satellite television channel Dstv.

http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/928612/Simpsons-turn-black-Angolan-television-debut/

<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-style: italic">Is this necessary?</span></span>
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May not be &quot;necessary&quot; But i think it's a good thing.
Don't watch the nonsense myself, but why NOT see the simpsons as black/brown images?

[Shine_Eye_Girl]

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Aye sah

[Boricua_papi]

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I had a afrocentric &quot;black Bart&quot; t-shirt back in the 80's. He was wearing an Africa medallion and a hightop hair cut. Think the shirt was given away to Goodwill.

[mountaingal]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Derek</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="font-style: italic">Is this necessary?</span>
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i think it's dangerous, unless they plan to develop afrocentric story lines to match the skin colouring. i love watching the simpsons, however i believe they represent a certain white, middle class orientation of american life that would become dissonant with &quot;africanizing&quot; them outwardly.

[LiteBlonde]

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Me agree. This could get very ugly if they don't change the storylines.

Lisa's hair is killing me.

[julie*mango]

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fi mi hair neva tan so an neida did nuff odda black pickney mi know...

[julie*mango]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MGee</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> i believe they represent a certain white, middle class orientation of american life <span style="font-weight: bold">that would become dissonant with &quot;africanizing&quot; them outwardly.</span>

</div></div> how so?

[LiteBlonde]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: _______</div><div class="ubbcode-body">fi mi hair neva tan so an neida did nuff odda black pickney mi know... </div></div>

How many white people you know with hair like Marge's? How about Eyes like Bart's, Mouth like Maggie or Hands like Homer's?

[Emperah]

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dere use fi bi dis fat yt guy a wukk who was de spittin image a homer tuh de pint weh dat did become his name.
Aftah a while even him did stawt seh &quot;DOE&quot;

[julie*mango]

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[Derek]

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Those large speaker boxes, are they an example of Africanisation?

[Fyah]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Derek</div><div class="ubbcode-body">


Those large speaker boxes, are they an example of Africanisation? </div></div>

Their message is obvious. Look at the original.

[mountaingal]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: _______</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MGee</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> i believe they represent a certain white, middle class orientation of american life <span style="font-weight: bold">that would become dissonant with &quot;africanizing&quot; them outwardly.</span>

</div></div> how so? </div></div>

what i mean is, are they using the same episodes that we see here in NA, just that the cartoons are in &quot;blackface&quot;? if so, there are some storylines that may, IMO, be at odds with African culture (as much as i can generalize about that).

for example, one of my favorite episodes of the simpsons is the one where the authorities take away the simpsons kids, and give them to the Flanders' to raise. the flanders discover that none of the simpson children are baptized and they plan to remedy the situation. homer hears about it, and becomes upset (not baptizing them was a choice he made), and it becomes a race against time to prevent the flanders' from baptising the simpsons kids.

some cultures may find that offensive.

i'm starting to doubt that the whole series will be redrawn. think i'll look into the full story of this at some point.