Image description: Lisa Simpson in a very poorly made costume in the shape of Florida. The state name is misspelled as 'Floreda' and she's sobbing "I'm not a state, I'm a monster"
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It was like that in 1993. They didn't predict anything.
for those that don't know: the writers were using Lisa, in a very poorly made costume, to make a visual gag, and take a jab at Florida all in one fell, subtle, swoop.
even back then the state was a joke and the writers were having fun with that. a shitload of comedy does this. they use a stupid joke as a guise to tell a deeper joke. sometimes to throw people off, a stupid joke will be just that, a dumb gag with no real deeper meaning. most of the time that's thrown in as a sort of variety from all the times the stupid jokes are referencing something more meaningful.
the court jester can sometimes get away with telling the truth.
Thanks for the explainer. When that episode aired, I just took the joke at the surface level (her crappy costume).
Was it? I didn't have the Florida Man Channel (internet) back then, so I guess I just wasn't as aware as I am today.
Well I mean, it was bad enough that the Simpsons were making fun of it in '93
I had the Florida Man Channels (Orlando Sentinel, local news) back then and yeah, Simpsons didn't predict anything here. It's gotten worse, but it wasn't good back then.