The Simpsons is back for its thirty-seventh season, with seasons confirmed by Fox Animation all the way up until season forty. Earlier this fall, it was revealed that a new movie was in the works to focus on Springfield, meaning the franchise’s showrunner is sure to be busy in the coming days. In a recent discussion, Matt Selman discussed how this season might be different from previous seasons in its approach to politics, while also hinting at what is to come for this year’s Treehouse of Horror.
In an interview with outlet Entertainment Weekly, The Simpsons showrunner Matt Selman discussed the show’s reasoning behind avoiding politics in season thirty-seven, “Well, when you write a show that doesn’t come out until 10 months after you write it, it kind of takes the pressure off, because who knows what the f— we’re gonna be looking at in 10 months. So like South Parkthey make their show in a week, and even they can’t stay up to date on things. More crazy s— goes down faster than even they can do it. And you know, Jimmy Kimmel’s great, and I’m glad he is back on TV. Censorship sucks. What can I say? Censorship sucks. But it’s not our mission statement to respond to the crisis of the moment. It’s more about a town of good-natured dum-dums dealing with a changing world, yet our characters never really change. The world changes around them.”
The Simpsons Vs. Politics & Halloween
Selman then touched upon how The Simpsons’ team is handling the new modus operandi, “I think it’s about the same. We’re not gonna do a big show where the president comes to town. We did do that, but he was George Bush, and he’d been out of office for quite some time. And, you know, we just don’t do big topical things, ’cause the topical is so chaotic and nuts. So we have to look at the bigger trends. Ideally, I would like to think that people on both sides of our divided nation can watch The Simpsons and feel that, like America, Springfield is a town of people who are good, but easily misled. Whatever your definition of misled is, you can apply that to the show.”
With the spooky season now upon us, the animated series showrunner talked this year’s Treehouse of Horror“There’s a segment that’s Jaws meets The Blob. There’s a different take on a post-apocalyptic universe where the world is made of plastic and not garbage. A post-a-plastic-lyptic universe. And then Krusty makes a deal with the devil. We think Halloweens are better when they’re not just parodies, or not just one single parody. But I guess some of these are parodies. People love their parodies.” For those wondering when you can see Springfield’s next take on Halloween, the annual event will arrive on October 19th later this month.
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Via Entertainment Weekly
