10.21.2006
TREEHOUSE OF HORROR XVII
Sure, it's not going to run until AFTER Halloween, (stupid baseball) but it looks like we're getting a hard-hitting political commentary along with the laughs...
Anyone who thinks Hollywood is run by a liberal cabal won't change his mind after watching The Simpsons' annual Halloween special. The episode, which airs Nov. 5, concludes with an Iraq war satire that may rank as the most pointed political statement the show has ever made. In the segment, aliens invade Springfield to prevent mankind from obtaining "weapons of mass disintegration," but their mission, called "Operation Enduring Occupation," turns into a quagmire. "You said we would be greeted as liberators!" accuses one alien.
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