The 2016 presidential elections have been a case-study in political slandering.
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It begins with Marge waking up from a nightmare, fueled by sound bites from real Republican and Democratic presidential debates of the hopefuls bickering and being spiteful to each other. In a new video, Marge wakes up hyperventilating to thoughts of all the candidates’ vitriolic rhetoric and bemoans the lack of “basic manners… gone from politics”. “Just try to visualise another America”.
Awoken by Homer eating a sandwich and telling her that dreaming doesn’t fix reality, Marge shushes her husband, adding, “I want to see who wins”.
At first Marge is able to picture the candidates complementing one another, and even singing ‘How Sweet it is to be Loved By You, ‘ as Donald Trump spins around on his head, aided by a pool of grease from his hair. Between robotic Marco Rubio shut down by Donald Trump, or Hillary Clinton choking Bernie Sanders with her pearl necklace; things get very ugly, very fast. Trump and Ted Cruz exchange insults over Trump’s bankruptcies and Cruz’s Canadian birth.
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Though animated episodes typically take months to produce, “The Simpsons” has been experimenting with more timely references, and plans a “live” scene in May where Homer refers to current events and answers viewer questions.
