Family Guy is the show I have picked for my final. This show is an American adult animated sitcom created by Seth Macfarlane and is based off stereotypes and negative depictions of almost every aspect of life. It is centered on the griffin family that consists of the parents, Peter and Lois; their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their talking dog, Brain. The Griffin’s are a model family but each member is complex, different, and yet noticeable individual. The whole show resides in Quahog, Rhode island. Each episode reveals a different concept, throughout the show it talks about various sociological themes such as race, gender, sexuality, and family through the forms of exaggeration. Underneath all the crude humor lies the hidden truths
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When it comes to race, no ethnic group is left out. The African American is community is a commonly targeted group. In the show, Brian, the family dog, tends to be racist against blacks and in an episode when asked by Stewie: “what kind of man would I be if I ran off now?”, Brian responds: “Well, you’d be a black man.” (“Chick Cancer”) I think Family Guy does a good job pointing out that racism is not in the past and keeps popping out daily. Some may not know what they are doing is racist, or what they are saying is racist, but it is these instances that need to be changed. On the other hand, are people who are unintentionally racist by trying too hard not to be racist. In the end, these jokes are just jokes and are meant to be …show more content…
Looking at all the characters, the three main ones, Peter, Brain, and Stewie, are all males. Women are seen to be inferior to men, but the few women that are in the show like Lois, are smarter than the men and stay out of the stupid and crazy acts Peter and his guy friends do. In the show, Peter is given more screen time than Lois but at the same time she shows to have empowerment with her knowledge and appropriate actions. Family Guy tries to show that even though over time women have elevated themselves to the gender dominance of men, they are still seen as a lower second-class gender compared to
When it comes to race, no ethnic group is left out. The African American is community is a commonly targeted group. In the show, Brian, the family dog, tends to be racist against blacks and in an episode when asked by Stewie: “what kind of man would I be if I ran off now?”, Brian responds: “Well, you’d be a black man.” (“Chick Cancer”) I think Family Guy does a good job pointing out that racism is not in the past and keeps popping out daily. Some may not know what they are doing is racist, or what they are saying is racist, but it is these instances that need to be changed. On the other hand, are people who are unintentionally racist by trying too hard not to be racist. In the end, these jokes are just jokes and are meant to be …show more content…
Looking at all the characters, the three main ones, Peter, Brain, and Stewie, are all males. Women are seen to be inferior to men, but the few women that are in the show like Lois, are smarter than the men and stay out of the stupid and crazy acts Peter and his guy friends do. In the show, Peter is given more screen time than Lois but at the same time she shows to have empowerment with her knowledge and appropriate actions. Family Guy tries to show that even though over time women have elevated themselves to the gender dominance of men, they are still seen as a lower second-class gender compared to