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| Writer of The Simpsons, Mike Reiss, talks about politics and Homer's next Australian visit | | Date Created: Jul 27, 2005, 08:45 AM |
 The multi-award winning lead writer for globally-recognised TV megaproperty, The Simpsons, is Mike Reiss. He visited Australia recently for the Screen Producers' Association of Australia's annual conference and Netvideo was able to poach a few minutes of his time. In this interview Reiss describes how the Simpsons writers use politics as the meat for fun - but talks about the kind of challenges that having an eight month lead time can pose for topicality.
Reiss also talks about attacking the man who pays their bills - Rupert Murdoch - and the kind of response he received when the Simpsons came to Australia. Sadly it seems the Australian displeasure at the "Australian" ep was so unexpectedly striking that the Simpsons won't be coming back any time soon (but afterall, he points out there are still about 200 countries the Simpsons haven't visited yet). Reiss talks about how the script writers used to try and get stars to come on the show - and how nowadays it is a matter of managing those who want in....
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