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09th Feb 2016

VIDEO: This Simpsons/Making a Murderer mashup is both brilliant and strangely poignant

JOE

Poor Homer.

Released back into Springfield life after spending 18 years in jail for a crime he didn’t commit, the authorities – led by one Clancy Wiggum – clearly had it in for him.

This Vulture mash-up of The Simpsons and Making a Murderer, with everyone’s favourite cartoon dad taking on the mantle of Steven Avery, is very well done indeed.

The footage from Simpsons past is meshed perfectly with the Making a Murderer voiceover to put a humorous spin on everyone’s favourite documentary.

Although clearly done for laughs, there’s something weirdly poignant about the video that paints a much loved pop culture icon as a wronged victim of conspiracy…