Part one:
The producers of the Simpsons episode of portraying the 1920’s/Prohibition in Springfield tried to show the different elements of the 1920’s. I enjoyed watching the episode; I definitely think this will help me remember several of the accurate details of this time. I think the accuracies outweighed the fiction comedy, it didn’t make it a bad show, but it came across very strong. For example, when there was no more alcohol, Bart and Homer went to the dumps and got alcohol, and snuck it into the bar; this would be an example of a bootlegger. Also “Moes Pet Shop,” this is an example of speakeasies. Speakeasies are private bars that no one knows about. Another scene that caught my attention was the part when the cops were on the side of the street and two men drove by in a truck that held alcohol; for them to get through they just slipped the cops some money and say “you didn’t see nuttin.” And then they get away with it. I definitely thought the movie brought about good points and the producers did a very good job. In then end you do have to realize that not all of the scense are accurate, they are just there to make us laugh.
Part two:
The one scene that caught my attention was when the new police officer and his crew went into “Moes Pet Shop.” In this scene, to make things more accurate the FBI should have busted in the doors. The FBI had developed and played a big role in the 1920’s. There are also several other things that could have been included in the film, like gambling, and fighting because the goals of prohibition was to eliminate these things. The clothing towards the end of the movie had gotten to look more like the 1920’s, although Homer is a main actor I still think that if he was wearing more of an 1920’s attire it would have been more emphasized.
