It was a comedy of errors.
“The Simpsons” is dividing critics after spoofing controversial podcast host Joe Rogan, 54, in a model new episode satirizing cancel tradition.
In the divisive Season 33, Episode 14 episode, titled “You Won’t Believe What This Episode is About—Act Three Will Shock You!,” Homer is erroneously blamed for leaving the household canine, named Santa’s Little Helper, in a scorching automobile leading to him getting publicly shamed, Newsweek reported.
Things actually go off the rails when the “Simpsons” patriarch tries to apologize, and inadvertently knocks Reverend Lovejoy out of the church window. Videos of the fiasco subsequently go viral on social media, inflicting Homer to lose his job and develop into ostracized by his associates, coworkers and household.
Eventually, the doh-nut gobbler meets up with a Joe Rogan doppelganger. The commentator isn’t explicitly talked about by title, however he’s represented by a generic “Right-Wing Podcast” host who’s the one one prepared to fulfill with Homer following his cancellation.
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Needless to say, the gag rang hole with many critics, with Screenrant deeming it “bizarrely misguided” and “self-contradictory.” Particularly problematic, per the positioning, was the truth that Homer was undeserving of his ex-communication — presumably in contrast to many so-called “victims” of cancel tradition.
Most not too long ago, the “News Radio” alum discovered himself in scorching water after doing a podcast with Dr. Robert Malone, a vaccine scientist who reportedly unfold misinformation concerning the COVID jab and in contrast the US’ present well being local weather to Nazi Germany.
The episode was subsequently pulled from YouTube whereas a coalition of 270 medical consultants penned an open letter imploring Spotify to create a fact-checking coverage that will “mitigate the spread of misinformation.”
Meanwhile, high-profile musicians from Joni Mitchell to Neil Young threatened to take away their music from the Swedish audio streaming large until it jettisoned Rogan.
