TV: TV Club: The Simpsons (Classic), “Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie”
“Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 11/03/1992)
The cultural consensus that surrounds a truly big event movie is inherently exciting. We live in an increasingly fractured and niche-oriented universe, but every once in a while a film comes along whose appeal transcends all demographics and barriers, a film everyone simply must see.
The Avengers is such a film, as is its comic book peer The Dark Knight Rises. The Star Wars prequels were unusually pure examples of this curious breed, as was Avatar. But all these films pale in comparison to the greatest event movie of all time: The Itchy & Scratchy Movie. It’s difficult to watch “Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie” now and not think of another massive event movie from a little while back called The Simpsons Movie. Say what you will about The Simpsons Movie, it’s impossible to deny the culture-wide ...
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