What do the British know of Homer Simpson? it seems quite a bit. In a long profile in the Sunday Times (of London) they compare him to Falstaff, Sancho Panza and Chaplin's Little Tramp.
"Homer is good because, above all, he is capable of great love. When the chips are down, he always does the right thing by his children – rejecting an offer of $1m from Mr Burns for a teddy bear of Maggie’s – and by Marge – he is never unfaithful in spite of several opportunities. And it’s not because he fears being found out; it’s because he can’t. What Marge understands and what her sisters don’t is that having all of Homer is far, far better than having half of any ordinary man."
"Homer makes celebrity out of what we all have – incompetence – and what we all want – love. And, when it all goes wrong, as it always will, he utters what has become the curse and prayer of Everyman – D’Oh!"
16 days to go.
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