@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}
}
