Rewatching this, I must say that Marge is depicted as an atrocious parent. Her solution to Bart shoplifting once (and he's portrayed as a generally good boy surrounded by bad influences) is excluding him from all family activities because "she mothered him too much", just because he made a dumb mistake and not even trying to understand why he did it.I wonder if that was the intention of the writers.
>>156248217Marge is not a clever woman.
So her interpretation is wrong(mothers hom to much)Her execution over compensates(she excludes him)And in the end bart has to grow up more than his mom to reconcile with her.
>>156248217Marge believed Bart and openly argued with security for him only to be shown that he lied to her and was embarrassed in front of a large group of people. And it was Christmas time. It wasn't even anger, not even disappointment, it was complete devastation and she didn't know what to do. Treating him like an adult and no longer giving him affection was her way of punishing him because that's the worst thing she could do. She's punished him in different ways before like sending him to his room or grounding him, usually with Homer backing her. And those are things he's used and could take easily. But being denied the love of his mother was too much for him. And that's something that gets him the most. He's also felt guilt over how he treated Lisa, going out of his way to make it right with her too. Bart is pretty protective of his mother and sister, he even yelled at Flanders when he lashed out at them.
>Mike Scully said the episode was based on an incident from his childhood. "When I was 12, some other boys dared me to shoplift from a Bradlee's. I did it, I got caught. It was one of the worst days of my life. The great thing about writing for TV is the catharsis. It helps you work out all the horrors of your life."
this is all sonic's fault.
>>156248544This
>>156248217I hate this episode, Mike Scully had a shitty BPDemon of a mother.
>>156248217that was what parents were being told at the time>guys why is this Ann Margrock character even in the Flintstonesbecause you lack context
Boomer sitcom parents on genral are fucking retards and psychopaths. I was rewatching Full House over covid and there is an episode where the older sister DJ, who's supposed to be about 16, wins a pair of concert tickets and invites the middle sister Stephanie, who is supposed to be about 14 to come with her because they both love the band. But the 3rd sister Michelle, who is about 8 years old, wants to go as well and claims to also love the band. Dad Danny forces them to play straws and Michelle ends up getting the ticket over Stephanie and is told to live with it because "It's fair". I honesty wanted to throw my remote at the TV and almost did because right after Danny leaves the room Michelle reveals she has no idea who the band is and lied about listening to them. What kind of retarded father lets their 8 year old kid go to a concert on a school night? Fucker didn't even ask any questions, he just took everything at face value. That show is filled with bullshit like that where the kids will have honest to go accidents and mistakes and then get harshly punished for it while the show makes it seem like a wholesome life lesson.
Its Mike Scully, don't give him more thought than he deserves.
>>156248217Maybe don't steal?
