Impetus: Simpsons producer states in an interview that Homer and Marge Simpson will separate in an upcoming season.
Knee-jerk reactions:
- The Simpsons are still on the air?
- The Simpsons are still relevant?
- Did they not just notice Spider-Man comics basically redact and say “my bad” to their own terrible spousal separation storyline between Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson?
Whatever though. In spite of all the Comic Book Nerd analyses of how Homer and Marge are technically already separated and completely miss the point to their relationship and dynamic in the first place, it appears that the show is going to try and shake things up around the amazingly still-alive Simpsons universe, and have them separate-separate; in the sense that they will no longer will love and cherish each other, regardless of status legal union.
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