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The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'Oh! of Homer
by Mark T. Conard, William Irwin, Aeon J. Skoble
This series of essays claim to use the Simpsons as a way to get the layperson to read more philosophy, and does a patently terrible job of it. As a Simpsons fan more than a philosopher, I found myself frankly bored for most of the book, and concerned that some authors were wilfully misinterpreting episodes. In fact, several authors did not seem to enjoy the Simpsons at all. For example, one essay tries to talk about hyper-irony, but then halfway through, randomly picks on the episode with the death of Bleeding Gums Murphy as one that "truly deserves the Simpsonian epithet "worst episode ever"". Really? Ever? What does that even have to do with your topic? I truly agree with another reviewer's conclusion that this is a book written by people that want to show you how smart they are. "I am so smart! Much smarter than you!" - Comic Book Guy