Every post-Cobi TV series is made for absolute morons
An analysis of the trend toward infantilizing characters in today's series: from Homer Simpson to political correctness. Where is fiction headed?
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The degradation of TV series: from the 'infantile Homer Simpson' to proge garbage
Remember the moment when Homer Simpson stopped being a clumsy but charismatic character and became a mere emitter of grunts and crude noises? That transformation, according to a widely held analysis, marks the beginning of a trend that now dominates series production: the systematic infantilization of characters. What began with the Cobi mascot at Barcelona 92 —a symbol of a more authentic era— has supposedly evolved into an industry where the protagonists seem like adults with a kindergarten brain.
The Homer Simpson syndrome
In series from recent years, characters have lost their complexity. They behave like idiots who emit shrieks and absurd gestures, without the irony or the nobility that characterized figures like the classic Homer. This trend, dubbed 'segarro', can be seen even in promising productions like 'Pluribus', whose original premise collapses thanks to a script that reduces all the characters (with few exceptions) to mental deficients. The criticism is not limited to animation: current Spanish series present women with the exact same pattern (a face like they smell shit, a 'radical' fringe haircut, a deep voice to fake empowerment) and men who are buffoons, clumsy or evil with no nuance.
The empire of political correctness
Behind this decline, some point to the imposition of proge discourse. On platforms like Netflix, female characters are almost always black, ugly, smug women who lecture men, while male characters are caricatures of sens. Those who deny this agenda, critics argue, ignore the evidence. Even acclaimed series like 'The Boys' or 'Severance' only partially escape: the first thanks to its satire, the second thanks to its cinematography, but neither hides an underlying layer of ideological propaganda. The question hanging in the air is whether audiences have been domesticated into consuming this garbage or whether the industry simply knows how to produce nothing else.
Not everyone shares this pessimism. Some argue there are still series worth watching —'The 3-Body Problem', 'Severance'— but admit that the average has plummeted. Meanwhile, the rest of the audiovisual landscape resembles a factory of bland content, where actors from the twentieth century are milked to exhaustion and new productions reek of agenda. The debate remains open: is this the end of quality or just a phase?
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Remember the moment when Homer Simpson stopped being a clumsy but charismatic character and became a mere emitter of grunts and crude noises? That transformation, according to a widely held analysis, marks the beginning of a trend that now dominates series production: the systematic infantilization of characters. What began with the Cobi mascot at Barcelona 92 —a symbol of a more authentic era— has supposedly evolved into an industry where the protagonists seem like adults with a kindergarten brain.
The Homer Simpson syndrome
In series from recent years, characters have lost their complexity. They behave like idiots who emit shrieks and absurd gestures, without the irony or the nobility that characterized figures like the classic Homer. This trend, dubbed 'segarro', can be seen even in promising productions like 'Pluribus', whose original premise collapses thanks to a script that reduces all the characters (with few exceptions) to mental deficients. The criticism is not limited to animation: current Spanish series present women with the exact same pattern (a face like they smell shit, a 'radical' fringe haircut, a deep voice to fake empowerment) and men who are buffoons, clumsy or evil with no nuance.
The empire of political correctness
Behind this decline, some point to the imposition of proge discourse. On platforms like Netflix, female characters are almost always black, ugly, smug women who lecture men, while male characters are caricatures of sens. Those who deny this agenda, critics argue, ignore the evidence. Even acclaimed series like 'The Boys' or 'Severance' only partially escape: the first thanks to its satire, the second thanks to its cinematography, but neither hides an underlying layer of ideological propaganda. The question hanging in the air is whether audiences have been domesticated into consuming this garbage or whether the industry simply knows how to produce nothing else.
Not everyone shares this pessimism. Some argue there are still series worth watching —'The 3-Body Problem', 'Severance'— but admit that the average has plummeted. Meanwhile, the rest of the audiovisual landscape resembles a factory of bland content, where actors from the twentieth century are milked to exhaustion and new productions reek of agenda. The debate remains open: is this the end of quality or just a phase?
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