own opinion‚ and when it comes to the television series‚ Family Guy‚ everyone does. A person either loves the series or absolutely hates it. Antonia Peacocke voiced her opinion on the hit series in her article‚ Family Guy and Freud: Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious. At first she was just another addition to the other Family Guy haters‚ but she eventually came around and saw the humor after the hard to swallow punch lines. “Family Guy does not aim to hurt… creators take certain measures to
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Academic Writing and Research I 24 September 2013 Family Guy and Freud In the article‚ “Family Guy and Freud: Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious”‚ Antonia Peacocke discusses the struggles that the television series has dealt with ever since it was first aired in April of 1999. She claims that although the series seems extremely immature and crude‚ it is actually politically correct. Peacocke describes the types of jokes made in Family Guy and explains that if they were to be looked at more
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Family Guy “It seems today that all we see is violence in movies and sex on TV‚ but where are those good old fashion values‚ on which we used to rely (Family Guy)?” This phrase is heard often by individuals who choose to watch one of the most famous animated sitcoms in the past decade‚ Family Guy. The first sentence happens to be the key slogan in the series theme song. Seth MacFarlane used this saying when the show was brought back to the air in 2005. This was around the time that I had originally
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Family Guy: Stewie Griffin There is a show which pushed boundaries that started in 1999. This show was sometimes accused of copying of The Simpsons. This is a show which was cancelled by the Fox station and came back on because of the high sales of the DVD ’s. The show that I am mentioning in this intro is Family Guy. The Griffin family are the main characters in this show. This is no ordinary family. This is an outrageous family that does things that could not happen in real life. It
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“Family Guy and Freud: Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious” Comprehension Questions and Vocabulary Check (p. 311‚ TSIS) 1. How would you characterize Antonia Peacocke’s argument about the television cartoon Family Guy? What does she like about the show? What doesn’t she like? What would you say is her overall opinion of Family Guy? She likes: the program satirizes problems with American culture‚ not all jokes are offensive‚ some are insightful‚ doesn’t aim to hurt. She doesn’t
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Critique of Family Guy and Freud: Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious As Antonia Peacocke quotes in her essay‚ “The show Family Guy is one of the first in history that has been canceled not just once‚ but twice” (300-301). The show was brought back in August 2000 and again in July 2001 when fans could not get enough of the adult cartoon. As well as being a fan favorite‚ Family Guy is also a controversial topic for critics all over the world. In the essay‚ “Family Guy and Freud: Jokes and Their
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Chelsea Kingsbury Miss Laing English EAE4U March 7th 2013 Family guy‚ a bad influence on children? Family guy is a dysfunctional family that lives in Quahog‚ Rhode Island. The parents: Peter and Lois. The children: the oldest‚ Meg‚ the middle child‚ Chris and the baby is Stewie. Last but not least‚ the dog Brian. This TV show exhibits crude‚ adult humour. There are many different opinions on this show‚ many parents are ok with letting there children watch it and other refuse to do so because
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The communication situation that I have chosen to focus on this semester is how the show Family Guy relies on offensive jokes and stereotypes of fat people. I have specifically focused on the episode “The Fat Guy Strangler”. Family Guy is an animated adult cartoon television series that premiered on January 31‚ 1999. The storylines of each episode center around the main character Peter and his family which consists of Lois his wife‚ his children Meg‚ Chris‚ and Stewie‚ and his dog Brian. Peter is
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or Not Watch Family Guy In recent discussions of the show Family Guy‚ a controversial issue has been whether it should be watched or not. Family Guy is a television show that has been on air for over a dozen seasons‚ but it has been criticized greatly over the years and has gained media controversy due to its inappropriate and distasteful jokes. The show does in fact make jokes about celebrities and situations in a manner that causes serious conflict amongst some viewers. Family Guy is a comedy intended
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Family Guys aim is at a white audience‚ which means that the offensive jokes within the show are directed towards other diverse cultures in America. With the minority of white characters that fill the show‚ there main focus of humor is particularly on other races. For example‚ in an episode of Family Guy‚ an reporter interviews this white male‚ when suddenly she tells the man that the police are gone‚ suddenly he zips off his “cover” of the white man and reveals his true self which he is an African
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