The Simpsons: Insider vs Outsider

The Simpsons is an interesting cartoon that commons and critiques about certain issue or situation in American society in a funny way that makes everyone laugh. To me, I think this is art even though it may seem commercialized and in a very different form of the art we are used to. This cartoon expresses unique ideas and commons about American culture and these issues to people’s attention in a way most people would find interesting.

Some people might think comics and cartoons aren’t art; they are nothing like paintings or whatever you see in a museum. However, don’t most art movements began as outsiders and aren’t considered as art? And after these movements became popular and well known, the art world accepts them and even put them into art history books. So how are the insiders and outsiders being distinguished and who really gets to decide what is art and what isn’t?

Personally, I think in many cases people are being told what is art and who are the outsider and who are the insiders.