The opening scene is mr burns on a hot air balloon sailing over springfield. Homer takes out a gun and begins shooting at the hot air balloon but shoots all other things. He ends up hitting a gargoyle which weighs the balloon down and “saves Mr. Burns life”. He says he can have whatever he wants but then keeps saying it must be something realistic. Homer chooses to attend nothing-head day when Mr. Burns turns down all his other suggestions. The football arena has a variety of different stores and things surround it which reminds me of Patriot Place. I went there with my parents over the summer and it was really cool. The fan cam says “make an ass of yourself” and shows people dancing. I feel as though this is a great portrayl of sporting event s in America. They are such a huge part of society. Athletes get paid so much to play their sports and entertain people. Americans find such great enjoyment at such events. Bart ends up peeing his pants in front of everyone while Homer is tickling him. There is an elaborate story about how they retracted the roof to help dry Barts pants and how a Russian satellite saw it as a sign of weakness and were planning an attack. Marge is angry because she told Homer to stop tickling and she thinks that Homer needs a parenting class. She signs him up for a fathering class. Homer is forced to role play and has to pretend to be Homer while a Lakers player pretends to be Bart and beats up Homer. It’s a way to teach him what its like to be Bart. Their roles are reversed and Homer becomes afraid of Bart. The counseling center gets closed down. Ive taken many psych classes and find it interesting how psychiatrists work. People spend so much money to sit and talk about their problems with someone else.
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I also think this episode touches upon the theme of hitting children for misbehavior. It seems that the majority disapprove of physically punishing kids, this is demonstrated in the episode by Doctor Zandor's reaction to Homer casually mentioning how he strangles Bart. While strangling is of course very extreme, it still serves as a metaphor for such other forms of punishment like soaping a child's mouth out, or spanking. In my opinion, some kids (like Bart) wont learn unless they receive some kind of equal and opposite reaction. The fear of being hit is the only thing keeping him in check, which is evident when Homer restrains himself from hitting Bart. In a way this episode can be looked at as indirectly mocking society for making physical punishments such a taboo. hopefully parents who employ these tactics use it as a last resort and dont over use it which is where child protective services comes in. While this episode makes light of child abuse, it is indeed a serious issue.
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