@article {881, title = {Cartoon Realism: Genre Mixing and the Cultural Life of the Simpsons}, journal = {Velvet Light Trap: A Critical Journal of Film \& Television}, year = {2001}, note = {+ pdf}, month = {2001}, pages = {15{\textendash}30}, abstract = {Focuses on how genre impacts the television program {\textquoteright}The Simpsons{\textquoteright} regarding issues of cultural hierarchies, target audiences, codes of realism and genre parody. Uses of generic terms; Discussion on the discursive operation of genre surrounding the cultural life of {\textquoteright}The Simpsons.{\textquoteright}}, keywords = {genre, parody, television}, author = {Mittell, Jason} }