This famous Simpson episode portrayed the 1920's Prohibition Act very well. They did this by first, showing that drinking causes violence. This was important because in the 1920's that was a factor to why the government decided to pass the Prohibition Act. Another example from the 1920's they used was speakeasies and the mafia supplying the speakeasies with liquor. This was important because this was on of the main reasons why the Prohibition act failed. These were just two of the many examples the producers put throughout the episode that were examples straight from the 1920's. I think throughout the episode they used a lot of fictional comedy, but gave the same realistic facts. I enjoyed this episode because it was a mix of comedy and historical facts.
I think to make the episode more historically accurate the producers could have added something about the racial tensions going on throughout the country in the 1920's. Prohibition and racial tensions were the two main problems in the 1920's. The producers could have had a "whites only" speakeasies, or show that the over population in Springfield was a problem and that people started forming groups against certain races(mostly blacks).
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