Apparently last nights episode of The Simpsons featured an extended intro curated by Banksy. The typical setup of the intro was fairly average, save a few Banksy rats and some scrawls but once the family hits the couch for the one-off gag that's where things really take a turn. The extended intro shows an abusive labor camp like environment where the show itself is being made, along with merchandise / dvd's / etc.

It's an incredibly heavy handed message about the exploitation of other countries for the creation of crap goods and consumption. Supposedly it was created out of a reaction to the notion that the "show outsources much of its animation to a company in South Korea." Um, that's not new news. Futurama and Simpsons have been very open about their use of South Korean animators for years. And if you're doing a piece on their exploitation, should you do it via animation - thus creating more exploitation? I'm a little baffled.

Regardless, it's an interesting watch and something worth pondering but I'm not convinced it hit the mark it was aiming for.

Please note: the quality of the video is crap b/c the proper version keeps getting nabbed from YouTube due to copyright violation. Take what you can get I suppose.