From: mxg77@po.cwru.edu   
      
   On 11/4/2025 8:36, Dumas Walker wrote:   
   >    Re: Notes for 36ABF17 (Bad Boys...for Life?)   
   >    By: Matt Garvey to All on Sun Nov 02 2025 20:50:47   
   >   
   >   > Argh. Maybe it would be good to run with the logic that if there   
   >   >  aren't   
   >   > any more good flashback stories to tell, perhaps one shouldn't be   
   >   >  told.   
   >   > If one is, though, it ought to be better than ridiculous nonsense   
   >   >  with   
   >   > abysmal characterizations. Seriously, I get the idea of exaggerating   
   >   > Homer's worse tendencies for an episode, but why does the first act   
   >   >  or   
   >   > so of this tale show past Homer not as well-meaning but inept, but   
   >   >  as   
   >   > basically a sociopath? I really checked out with that. Too much, not   
   >   > made up for by the end (and the steady flow of ungrounded nonsense).   
   >   
   > The "Bart being left handed" thing is something I would have expected   
   >   to be   
   > revealed during several past episodes that revolved around Flanders   
   >   and/or the   
   > Leftorium -- in particular, "When Flanders Failed."   
   >   
   > There were so many past opportunities for that, it almost felt like a   
   >   retconn.   
   >   
   > Argh, indeed.   
   >   
      
   To be fair, Bart's been pretty clearly portrayed as a leftie for the   
   entire series (as influenced by his creator's own sinister leanings), so   
   this part was hardly a surprise or a grand reveal, though it is a little   
   odd that no one mentions this in When Flanders Failed, especially when   
   Homer is mocking the entire idea of the store...   
      
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