Simply days after Fox made a portfolio pitch to advertisers at its upfront showcasing Fox exhibits, together with The Simpsons, and Fox Information in the identical breath, Matt Groenig & Co. shot again.
Sunday evening’s season finale of The Simpsons referred to as out Fox Information and Fb for spreading misinformation, stoking worry and, nicely, a keenness for dictators.
At one level, a Tucker Carlson-like character is proven saying, “Putin for president, subsequent on Fox Information.”
At one other level the lyrics, “Fb feeds our fright. They persuade us issues had been nice when gasoline was low-cost and males had been white” are heard as a Mark Zuckerberg-like character presses a pink button that reads “dying of democracy.”
There’s additionally an eight-minute track and dance wherein a musically-gifted janitor — voiced by Excessive Jackman — helps Bart tune in to the collapse of the U.S. center class.
“I’m saying you’ll undoubtedly by no means get a job like your dad’s, and also you’ll have a troublesome time discovering one thing considerably worse,” sings the character.
He’s joined by Clinton-era U.S Labor Secretary Robert Reich — taking part in himself — who intones, “The decline of unions, rampant company greed, Wall Road malfeasance and the rise of shortsighted politics all contributed to elevated financial inequality, widespread actual unemployment, wage stagnation, and a decrease way of life for tens of millions of Individuals.”
Reich tweeted a preview of the bit final week.
I’m grateful to have the ability to share this sneak peek of @TheSimpsons season finale, the place @RealHughJackman and I crew as much as sort out inequality and the demise of the center class.
Here is a sneak peak of the episode. Be sure you tune in at 8pm ET/7pm CT/8pm PT this Sunday for the remaining! pic.twitter.com/ziu7Mp6ef1
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) Could 19, 2022
Simpsons author Tim Lengthy tweeted that producers “recorded each @RealHughJackman and @RBReich final November. Jackman was a dream, doing take after take after take. At one level, he introduced, “I like singing!” And it exhibits!”
He additionally revealed that the inspiration for the phase was a chunk final 12 months within the Atlantic titled, “The Life in ‘The Simpsons’ Is No Longer Obtainable.” That story particulars how the Nineties-era way of life of America’s favourite dysfunctional animated household is now “an nearly dreamily safe existence.”
A bit over a 12 months in the past, the @Atlantic printed this piece. This Sunday, the present responds — within the type of a loopy eight-minute musical quantity, written by me and @LarryIsOKeefe, and that includes @RealHughJackman and Robert Reich @RBReich! https://t.co/qJMGg9zw0E
— Tim Lengthy (@mrtimlong) Could 17, 2022
There have been different Fox creators who calling out the community’s connection to Fox Information, most notably Household Man impresario Seth MacFarlane, who has stated on social that he’s ashamed to be working for a community that’s a part of the identical firm as Fox Information. Actually, he posted about Carlson, the current Buffalo capturing and the so-called “nice alternative idea” simply final week.
Put up-Buffalo capturing, Fox Information out of the blue goes quiet on ‘nice alternative’ idea… after Tucker Carlson pushed the idea in additional than 400 of his exhibits:https://t.co/agnZBFtE62
— Seth MacFarlane (@SethMacFarlane) Could 18, 2022