I personally have nothing against the episodes where the Simpsons can be political most of them are good and hilariously well written, but of course there a few missteps like "The Bart-Mangled Banner". What made episodes like "The PTA Disbands" or "Trash of the Titans" very good were not only satirizing but giving their personal thoughts to speak out what they really think. "The Bart-Mangled Banner" showed a very mean-spirited presentation without finding a proper solution.
While "You Kent Always Say What You Want " really isn't a bad episode (apart from being outside the golden episodes) it does have an interesting subject that the Simpsons could've explored a lot more. It's actually about censorship and I know it's a big thing when it comes to broadcasting in USA. Although the beginning of the episode made me believe into something else instead of its original story and the main subject doesn't wake up until the last minutes of the first section of the episode. If only it happened maybe almost right in the beginning it could've explored even more and that's why I got disappointed of its pacing that wouldn't give this subject time or even a better chance to present itself. I enjoyed the second section without feeling offended but still feeling sorry for Kent Brockman, it's extremely rarely we see an episode about him.
And finally when the subject brings up and gets to tell its honest opinions it ends up being ignored at the end very quickly in my opinion, losing its opportunity to tell something and fixing the main issue with a pretty bad joke like the hole thing felt sort of unnecessary. I know this is going to be late to say but this is another one of those episodes that I wished could have a "Part 2" I mean I have a feeling that an episode like this wanted to be longer.
I do appreciate it's opinion about censoring but the ending makes me both dissatisfied and disappointed especially what Homer wanted to tell us even though he got censored himself and wasn't particularly funny to laugh at. A missed opportunity that I know could've been much more.
While "You Kent Always Say What You Want " really isn't a bad episode (apart from being outside the golden episodes) it does have an interesting subject that the Simpsons could've explored a lot more. It's actually about censorship and I know it's a big thing when it comes to broadcasting in USA. Although the beginning of the episode made me believe into something else instead of its original story and the main subject doesn't wake up until the last minutes of the first section of the episode. If only it happened maybe almost right in the beginning it could've explored even more and that's why I got disappointed of its pacing that wouldn't give this subject time or even a better chance to present itself. I enjoyed the second section without feeling offended but still feeling sorry for Kent Brockman, it's extremely rarely we see an episode about him.
And finally when the subject brings up and gets to tell its honest opinions it ends up being ignored at the end very quickly in my opinion, losing its opportunity to tell something and fixing the main issue with a pretty bad joke like the hole thing felt sort of unnecessary. I know this is going to be late to say but this is another one of those episodes that I wished could have a "Part 2" I mean I have a feeling that an episode like this wanted to be longer.
I do appreciate it's opinion about censoring but the ending makes me both dissatisfied and disappointed especially what Homer wanted to tell us even though he got censored himself and wasn't particularly funny to laugh at. A missed opportunity that I know could've been much more.