The amount of Simpsons I haven’t seen now dwarfs the pieces I have seen, and I’ve seen A LOT of The Simpsons.

But yeah, basically. It’s why old TV shows often depict injuries by just smearing red paint on someone’s face. They knew how to make better makeup, they just didn’t have to.

Oh, and why anything written down is in marker and with hilariously huge preschool letters. And why you get all those awkward extreme close up inserts on any object that is plot relevant. The medium is context for the message.