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Re: Notes for 36ABF17 (Bad Boys...for Life?)

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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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Notes for 36ABF17 (Bad Boys...for Life?) Matt Garvey <mxg77@po.cwru.edu> - 2025-11-02 20:50 -0500
  Notes for 36ABF17 (Bad Boys...for Life?) NOSPAM.Dumas.Walker@darkrealms.ca (Dumas Walker) - 2025-11-04 08:36 +0000
    Re: Notes for 36ABF17 (Bad Boys...for Life?) Matt Garvey <mxg77@po.cwru.edu> - 2025-11-04 22:33 -0500

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