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In December of 1989, Fox revolutionized animated television withThe Simpsons.
While Klasky Csupos first hit was far from its last the studio went on to produceAaahh!!!
1991 and 2020, after all, are worlds apart in many ways.
In the original, Charlotte Pickles was the only one with a cell phone, Casemiro said.
We are in a definitely different world right now.
There was all this possibility with technology.
Then there were the generational differences, which are perhaps best reflected in the changes to Grandpa Lou.
He would be in his late 60s from the end of the hippie era.
The rest of the adults were also tweaked to better represent millennial parenthood and to better account for diversity.
Betty DeVille is explicitly queer, and the DeVilles are Latinx.
And Charlotte, while still a #girlboss, is less of a 90s cliche.
As an Asian American actor, Ive seen the evolution of the way characters are portrayed, Chung said.
For me, seeing the character change toward that direction was just a delight.
It helped, said E.G.
Daily, who voices Tommy Pickles, that the cast knew each other so intimately already.
We were like family, Daily said of her relationship with her fellow voice actors back in the day.
I was in labor during aRugratsepisode I was literally in the booth with everyone and contracting in between lines.
We got to experience life together.
The legacy of the franchise remains important to both showrunners and actors.
It just brings the whole show alive, like youre actually in with them.
