1. Stephen Marche's essay on Sideshow Bob, one of the greatest characters on The Simpsons, is worth expanding on:http://www.esquire.com/blogs/culture/the-simpsons-sideshow-bob?src=spr_TWITTER&spr_id=1456_82883986 …
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9. For the elitist to uplift the masses means entering into a complex love/hate relationship with them: which is what Bob has with Bart.
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10. Sideshow Bob wants to destroy Bart but also edify him: "to send Bart to heaven before he sent him to hell."
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@HeerJeet 1. Yet this paradox is the source of his own inevitable downfall: by nobly trying to uplift the masses, he is dooming himself.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet 2. This is the tension that haunts Sideshow Bob and the show's writers: is mass culture (still) art or (just) show business? -
@FuyukiKurasawa Yes, this is exactly right.
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