“Wow, an actual robot from the movie ‘Clank, Clank, You’re Dead’. Think of awful it’d be for the poor midget inside.” – Lisa Simpson
“Aww boo-hoo. That’s what they get paid for.” – Bart Simpson
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Somewhat ironic that Lisa is trying to be considerate, yet she is using a term (“midget”) that today is considered not acceptable. From Wikipedia: The terms “dwarf”, “little person”, “LP”, and “person of short stature” are now generally considered acceptable by most people affected by these disorders.
I mean 1997 was a completely different time, and I feel that the term “little person” became more prevalent years later, but it’s fascinating to witness how even a forward-thinking show like the Simpsons, with it’s most-forward-thinking character says things that, with time, become less-acceptable.
Is “dwarf” still acceptable? Hard to see how that would be, but “midget” would not be.
It’s just a sign of the times back then, but Lisa, at least, was being respectful.
lol, am I the only one old enough to remember the ’90s? It wasn’t a “completely different time”.
From Seinfeld, three years earlier (Via seinfeldscripts.com)…
GEORGE: (to Mickey) Can’t you just switch with another Midget?
(Mickey grabs the counter with rage on his face, Jerry does a form of gulp)
MICKEY: (turns and moves up to George, points his finger at him) It’s little people, you got that?
KRAMER: Easy Mickey, easy.
GEORGE: Yap..
OK, it wasn’t a completely different time where up was down and dogs and cats were living together in sin, but we have definitely evolved as a society in terms of how we treat others. Whether it’s a terminology change or the entire way we look at a group of people, we have evolved!
I just thought it was interesting how the most left of left characters on the simpsons used a term 20 years ago, that today would raise a few eyebrows.
“Think of awful”?
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