The American animated comedy Family Guy has been the target of many complaints of taste and indecency. The show is known, especially in later seasons to include offensive jokes (many of which involve racial humor) and violent, bloody, and disturbing images. Signs of humor and the sexual themes of this event have led to reactions from organizations such as the Parents Television Council. Since the premiere of Family Guy , the Parent Television Board has become a fussy critic of the series. The Parents Television Council is a conservative non-profit watchdog group that not only expresses moral opposition to the series but has also filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission. Since 2005, PTC has regarded Family Guy as "Worst TV Show in a Week" at least 40 times, with at least 42 episodes determined; many awards come following the original broadcast, while others are based on repeated loops.
In addition to criticizing impressions that are considered controversial or offensive content, critics also target dependence on cutaway jokes. The cutaway blow event was largely criticized for being dragged for too long, having little to no relevance to the episode, or because it was so offensive. The show also received criticism because it has a one-dimensional character and an unoriginal storyteller. The reaction of the Family Guy has received has led many contemporary animated comedies such as South Park and The Simpsons to insinuate Family Guy > ' s write.
Video Criticism of Family Guy
Kontroversi moral
Family Guy often uses jokes and politically incorrect satire has caused controversy. Jokes that receive controversy are often found in Cutaway Gags. For example, In the episode of The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire, Peter and the barbershop quartet sing and dance around the bed of a man with late-stage AIDS. Views of this episode caused a direct reaction. These cuts shocked the audience and caused protests by some AIDS service organizations. In his 2006 book The Decency Wars: The Campaign to Cleanse American Culture, author Frederick S. Lane described Family Guy as among several television sitcoms he believed to be "aimed at the side dark from family life. "
Parents Television Council
The Parents Television Council, a conservative nonprofit watchdog group, has published a critical view of Family Guy . In May 2000, in an email, PTC launched a letter writing campaign to the Fox network to persuade the network to cancel Family Guy. This follows the return of the event from a long hiatus in its second season, due to what the PTC claims is "strong advertisers resistance and low ranking". Family Guy created a list of PTC 2000, 2005, and 2006 from "the worst prime-time show to see family", with over forty episodes of Family Guy listed as "Worst TV Show "[s] of the Week." This is due to profanity, naked grayness and violence.The series was also crowned the worst performances of the 2006-2007 season by PTC.In addition, a special live-action hosted by serial maker Seth MacFarlane and fellow voice actress Alex Borstein entitled "Family Guy Presents: Seth & amp; Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show "was also crowned as" The Worst TV Show of the Week "by PTC because for what it says are" disgusting sex jokes, rude Holocaust humor, ruthless imitations of deaf people, profanity. "
PTC has targeted Fox, criticizing the network for failing to include "S" (sexual content) and "V" (violence) descriptions in content ratings for several episodes of Family Guy . The council has warned parents that because of the style of animation, children can be attracted to adult performances. To prevent children from seeing, the PTC has objected to Fox Familyien scheduling during the initial prime time hour. In addition, the Board has requested sponsored Family Guy such as Wrigley Company and Burger King to stop advertising during the show because their products appeal to children.
FCC complaint
The PTC, which has produced most of the complaints of indecency received by the Federal Communications Commission of the United States, has filed an official FCC complaint against the Family Guy episode.
- The first complaints of dislike were reported after the January 2005 re-broadcast "Dan Wiener Is...". The complaint was rejected by the FCC on the grounds that "in the absence of any explicit or graphical descriptions or portrayals of any sexual organs, together with the absence of a startling effect, pandering, and/or titillating, the episode... is not overtly offensive."
- In November 2005, during the "sweep" period for the 2005-2006 television season, PTC launched a campaign for its members to lodge an explicit complaints for sexually explicit humor to the FCC for "PTV", Family Guy episodes that quip FCC. However, the PTC has expressed doubts about whether they will formally complain to the FCC during the episode, with PTC never noting the complaints filed through their website. In fact, the episode was highlighted on Fox Special Funniest Moments TV broadcast on June 1, 2007. The program's re-event on August 20 that year was named "The Worst of This Week" by PTC, noting that "PTV" is one of the highlights in the specials.
- On March 11, 2009, PTC filed a complaint about the "Family Gay" episode of the claim that the episode contained sexual content in violation of the law of indecency.
- On December 15, 2009, PTC filed an indecent complaint about the "Business Guy" episode two days after its flight date, citing a scene that included a lap dance as a possible violation of federal law regarding broadcast decency.
- In 2010, PTC filed a complaint against the 150th episode of Family Guy , "Brian & Stewie", after being offended by an excretory reference. PTC president Tim Winter was quoted as saying, "Looks like the creator of Family Guy , Seth MacFarlane, carefully reviewed the definition of broadcast indecency law and decided to literally break it."
- On November 15, 2013, PTC filed indecent enforcement on the episode "A Fistful of Meg" five days after its flight date. The organization cites obscene sexual content and what is considered a profane joke on subjects such as child abuse, exploitation, rape, and the use of sexual food and the main plot of bullying boys and physically assaulting female classmates.
- On February 12, 2015, the PTC filed indecent enforcement on the episode "Quagmire Mother", citing explicit sexual dialogs and jokes about rape by law, including scenes where Quagmire had sex with an underage girl but did not know until he learns about his age.
Allegations of anti-religious sentiment
Family Guy ' s dark humor usually includes religious activity. Because of this, criticism comes from people and religious groups. In 1999, Entertainment Weekly TV critic Ken Tucker criticized the show for being anti-Semitic. That same year, L. Brent Bozell III wrote that he believes the episode "Holy Crap" promotes anti-Catholicism. After the episode, Family Guy was withdrawn from the schedule, purportedly due to low ratings. However, the show returns in March to finish the second season.
PTC has criticized what it considers to be a negative treatment of religion, especially if they portray God and Jesus Christ - the two central and core gods of Christianity - in a negative, immoral way, concluded in his 2006 report Faith in the Box: Entertainment Television and Religion 2005-2006 that "God's mockery is constant" on the show. For example, in the episode "The Courtship of Stewie's Father, there is a joke depicting God as a dirty old man having sex with a prostitute, all while cleaning Jesus the teenager, who sought help with his quarrel with Joseph Media Research Center, also founded by Bozell, very critical of the episode of 2014 "Virgin 2000 Years" in which Jesus emotionally asks people to have sex with their wives.In the same episode, Peter directs people to complain to the "Family TV Board", references disguised to the PTC.
On October 3, 2007, the Bourne Company publishing company, the sole proprietor of the song "When You Wish Upon a Star", filed a lawsuit against the creator of Family Guy, claiming copyright infringement on their song "I Need a Jew". The claim is claimed to harm the value of the original song due to the offensive lyrics of the parody. On March 16, 2009, US District Judge Deborah Batts decided that Family Guy did not infringe copyright when they changed the song "When You Wish Upon a Star" for funny use in an episode.
In 2014, a writer in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz claimed that the scene in the episode "3 The Story of God" is evidence of anti-Semitism that has long been held by MacFarlane.
Allegations of insensitivity to transgender people
Family Guy received a negative reception after the episode "Quagmire Dad" was broadcast. Many people find this episode very offensive to transgender people. AfterElton.com author Brent Hartinger gave a negative rating for the episode "Quagmire Dad", where Dan Quagmire (Glenn Quagmire's father) underwent sex change operation and changed his name to Ida Davis. Noting that the episode deserves praise for making important points about transgender people, he finds that the incidence of vomiting and transphobic comments of Lois and Peter about Ida becomes "very insensitive". Hartinger continued, "Frankly, it's literally impossible for me to reconcile a night's episode with MacFarlane's words, unless I come to the conclusion that the guy is really an idiot." The Gay and Lesbian Alliance on Defamation, the LGBT media watchdog organization, released a statement on the episode, noting that "GLAAD shares serious concerns voiced from community members and the GLAAD Entertainment Media Team handles this with Fox."
son controversy Sarah Palin
In February 2010, the episode "Extra Large Medium," aired where Ellen, a female character with Down syndrome, mentioned that her mother was a former Alaska governor. Bristol Palin, the daughter of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, criticized the show for ridiculing her brother Trig, who has Down syndrome. She wrote a piece on her mother's Facebook page stating, "If the sad cartoon writers think they're smart at mocking my brother and my family yesterday, they failed, which they proved to be heartless bastards." Sarah Palin herself also criticized the episode in an appearance on The O'Reilly Factor, calling those who made the show "cruel, cold-hearted."
MacFarlane responded that the series uses biting satire as the basis of his humor and that it is an "equal-opportunity offender". Andrea Fay Friedman, actress and public speaker who voiced Ellen and who themselves had Down syndrome, responded to criticism, saying that Palin's jokes in the show were aimed at Sarah and not her son. He concluded this statement by concluding that "former Governor Palin has no sense of humor." In subsequent interviews, Friedman rebuked Palin personally, saying that he was angry with Sarah Palin for using his son Trig as a political backer for the pitcher, explaining that he had a normal life and that Palin Trig's son should be treated as usual rather than like "a loaf of bread. "
MacFarlane characterizes Palin's anger as a presumptuous attempt to defend the people with Down's syndrome, and characterizes Friedman's statement as his way of saying that he does not need to pretend sorry for Palin.
Terri Schiavo Controversy
During the episode of "Peter-assment" (season 8, 2010), a musical number featuring children's animation sings lines like "Terri Schiavo is somewhat alive-o" and " [He ] is the most expensive plant you've ever seen. " This is seen as a mockery of the disability and death of Terri Schiavo, a woman who suffered major brain damage and lived in a persistent vegetative state for many years. Many protests arise from people who claim the program is showing prejudice against people with brain injuries. That included protests from the American Life League and from the Schiavo family, which upset the parody of Guy Terry's ' family of Terri's case. Bobby Schindler Jr., his brother, urged FOX Network to cancel Family Guy altogether.
Domestic violence controversy
Media analysts reacted negatively to domestic violence in the episode "Screams of Silence: The Story of Brenda Q" (season 10, 2011). AJ Hammer of Showbiz Tonight said of the episode, "Like so many others, I'm just surprised by what I saw on Family Guy last night... It was really only an hour "Whitney Jefferson of Jezebel, a feminist site, has also strongly criticized this episode because the storyline involves Brenda and her boyfriend, Jeff:" Personally, I am far beyond offended by the show - I have been long immune to the shock-shock disharmony - and have quit watching many years ago, but as a sucker for the Halloween-themed episode I tuned into the animation block "Animation Domination" Fox last night What I see is really horrible. "Jefferson ended his review of the episode by stating that the show" Must be the most frightening Halloween special we've ever seen. "
Boston Marathon Controversy
The "Turban Cowboy" episode, aired on March 17, 2013, contains jokes that show Peter massacre at Boston Marathon by plowing his car through runners. After the bombing of the Boston Marathon 2013, which occurred about a month after the air date of the episode, April 15, Fox immediately erased the "Turban Cowboy" episode of Fox.com and Hulu. The network also said it had no immediate plans to broadcast the episode again (though it was re-aired in 2014). This episode still airs on Adult Swim and TBS.
Controversy joke joke
The "Simpsons Guy" episode (a 2014 crossover with The Simpsons), featured a rape joke featured in the trailer for the episode and almost immediately generated controversy before the episode aired. Tim Winter, Parent Television Board President, writes to Simpsons creator Matt Groening, Seth MacFarlane and Fox about jokes. In it, after Bart's joke call to Moe asks a man by the name of innuendo, Stewie makes her own call telling Moe that her sister is being raped. Winter feels that the jokes about rape make it "less outrageous in real life", and that kids who watch The Simpsons but not Family Guy will be unfamiliar with the latest show brand from humor. A Fox spokeswoman declined to comment on the joke. MacFarlane, interviewed by Entertainment Weekly , said that although he would be attacked for expressing it like that, his jokes are "pretty funny... in context". A spokesperson for Rape, Abuse & amp; Incest National Network said, "I think this show makes it clear that rape is not funny with how they position the joke."
Maps Criticism of Family Guy
Media critics
In addition, Family Guy has been panned by some media critics. Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly has frequently highlighted the event, rated it with "D", and named it the worst show on the 1999-2000 television season. Tucker responded to a reader's question in 2005 that he continued to dislike the series. Mark Graham notes "a very rocky MacFarlane relationship with mainstream television magazine and critic Ken Tucker" on a blog on the New York magazine website.
In a commentary for the direct-to-video Family Guy Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story , Seth MacFarlane notes that Entertainment Weekly has been much better to them recently, giving them a cover story after they returned to the air. In the same movie, Stewie broke the neck of a reporter as soon as she found out she worked for Entertainment Weekly .
In the 2000 episode of Family Guy There was Something About Paulie, Peter wiped himself with the Entertainment Weekly page when he ran out of toilet paper, stating, "Yes, that's two unsolvable problems."
Controversy and criticism from other animators
Other animators have criticized the show as well. Event animations have been criticized by Ren & amp; Stimpy creator John Kricfalusi, who expressed concern that simple animated Family Guy will negatively impact a new wave of creators.
The writing style of the show has also been criticized by South Park Creator Trey Parker and Matt Stone. In a 2006 interview, Parker and Stone stated that they did not like their performances compared to Family Guy. After the episode "Cartoon Wars" aired, Parker stated that they received the support and gratitude from the staff of The Simpsons and King of the Hill to "tear up" Family Guy. '"
The show has been criticized for being too derived from The Simpsons, by modeling a working-class family with three children. Some episodes of The Simpsons include "Missionary: Impossible," "Treehouse of Horror XIII," and "The Italian Bob", have made fun of Family Guy, with two the latter implies that the MacFarlane show is guilty of plagiarism. However, both MacFarlane creators and Simpsons , Matt Groening says that there is no serious feud between the two of them and their performances. At the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International on July 24, 2010, The Simpsons writer Matt Selman jokingly referred to MacFarlane, stating, "Come on, Seth MacFarlane did one show three times." Selman later backed away from the comments, adding, "All the shows are really funny - they're worth it." Bender's Big Score animated movie, based on Groening Futurama , featuring the Family Guy Laugh a Month calendar. In a comic book crossover between two Groening events, The Simpsons/Futurama Crossover Crisis, Family Guy Brian Griffin's character is depicted on television in Hell.
In 2003, The Simpsons author/producer Al Jean described Family Guy as "a bit derived from The Simpsons " and said it "should be more original. "
Author Chris Ware, author of Jimmy Corrigan, Smart Kid on Earth, has noticed some similarities between the title character of his work and Stewie Griffin. Ware commented, "[The similarity] is a bit too coincidental to be simple, well, by chance." He further stated, "I do not want a seven-year-old book of my stuff to become available and then accused of falling out of Family Guy ." 20th Century Fox insists that Stewie is a completely original character. In a 2003 interview, Seth MacFarlane said that he had never seen the comic before, described the similarity as "quite shocking" and said that he could see how Ware would reach that conclusion. "
Responses
Parents Television Council
MacFarlane, the other series American Dad! and The Cleveland Show also criticized by PTC, have replied several times. In an interview 2008 with the magazine The Advocate , he said:
"Oh, yes, it's like getting a hate letter from Hitler's [Adolf] They're really horrible human beings I've read their bulletins I've visited their website, and they're really worsening For organizations that pride themselves on Christian values ​​- I mean, I am an atheist, so what do I know? - they spend their whole day hating people They can all suck my dick as far as I know. "
Park Selatan with Parodi
MacFarlane had considered the response to South Park for this, aside from a few other jokes that the show was made by a group of manatees (due to jokes in the episode), but decided against it because he decided that Family Guy did not have time to waste South Park after a joke was written for the "McStroke" episode, which involved Parker and Stone at Anal Point, but was not used because it was considered in bad taste.
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