Re: RE: CSI Miami I-131 vs. The Simpsons

[Stewart Farber <farbersa@optonline.net>]

Sharyn:

 

Some years ago, the Fox comedy "The Simpson" with Homer Simpson as the dim-witted 

reactor operator [as well as father, and general human being],  and the elderly 

uncaring, greedy plant owner/manager with all the warts on his nose became the 

focus of a Nuclear Energy Institute [NEI] initiative to promote accuracy in 

media. The NEI was upset 

The Simpsons comedy wasn't accurate and made nuclear energy look bad. The 

campaign for "truth in comedy" succeeded only in making NEI look rather foolish 

and only highlighted that the nuclear industry [or its paid PR lobbyists] were 

"humor impaired". 



At some point nuclear specialists have to relax. We can criticize the many 

technical inaccuracies and gross distortions of fact and emphasis in a show like 

CSI Miami but "don't have a cow man" to quote Bart Simpson.



In case readers have never seen the series of cartoon collections by Matt 

Groening [the creator of the Simpsons} which include "Work is Hell", "Love is 

Hell" among others, they are all highly recommended. Reading these wonderful 

little collections [especially "Work is Hell"] may help relieve some of the 

stress readers feel from nuclear technologies being unfairly portrayed in the 

media. 



Stewart Farber, MS Public Health

farbersa@optonline.net

[203] 367-0791

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2/11/03 9:29:08 AM, Sharyn Mathews <editor50@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:

>

>  The point is, we didn't know ahead of time that the (flimsy) premise was

>  included in the show............  I think enough has been said on the subject 

of reality vs. television (THANK

>  YOU Sandy Perle!).

>

>  Sharyn

>









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