„Looks Like It’s Suicide Again For Moe!” Etyka przedstawienia prób samobójczych w animated sitcoms na przykładzie Moego Szyslaka w serialu Simpsonowie
“Looks like it’s suicide again for Moe!” Th e ethics of portraying suicide attempts in animated sitcoms, based on the example of Moe Szyslak from Th e Simpsons

Author(s): Maciej Grzenkowicz
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Sociology, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: The Simpsons; television; suicide in culture; portraying suicide
Summary/Abstract: The considerable influence of The Simpsons on contemporary culture induced the author to analyze the three suicide attempts of Moe Szyslak shown in the sitcom, paying special attention to the ethics of their portrayal. These deliberations demand a recognition of the fact that animated sitcoms are by their nature supposed to be mocking, while suicide is an issue which should be dealt with very carefully. The analysis has led the author to the conclusion that although some aspects of portraying Moe’s tragedy can raise doubts, the sitcom describes the situation of a person in crisis in a valuable way because it popularizes knowledge on the subject of loneliness in presuicidal crisis.

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