One of the reasons The Simpsons is one of the best animated sitcoms of all time is its prowess at making fun of real life. The show has great extended parodies that last the entire episode, as well as ...

Tucked in the heart of middle America is the fictional town of Springfield — a municipality home to an eclectic assortment of characters who’ve been around for over three decades with the sole purpose ...

“The Simpsons” travel to “The Yellow Lotus” on Sunday’s episode, where they “encounter death on vacation at a high-end resort.” If that sounds a bit like “The White Lotus,” well, of course. It’s the ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...