The paintings may communicate even better because people are lazy and they can look at a painting with less effort than they can read a poem.
“The humor is essentially dark for a cartoon and sophisticated. But at the same time, being a cartoon gives the writers more freedom than in a normal sitcom. It always pushes the line that, despite human failings, the Simpsons are really decent people.”
“I was able to do The Saint of Fort Washington, on the relationship between two homeless men.”