Andrea Burns
As crazy as this may sound, I have never seen Family Guy. Because it has been brought up so frequently in class about its mocking of everything and everyone, I decided to look into the criticisms of the show. It seems that since its airing, this show has received many numerous complaints from people. The Parents Televison Council has voiced many concerns in regards to Family Guy. After the show's second season, they started a letter-writing campaign to try to have the show canceled. It has continuously been voted by them as "the worst prime-time shows for family viewing" for its use of profanity, violence, and animated nudity. A group known as the Answers in Genesis accused the show of being anti-Christian. An Entertainment Weekly TV critic Ken Tucker accused the show of being anti-Semitic. Major controversy occured in regards towards the episode mocking someone with Down Syndrome. However, the show's creator claims himself to be an "equal-opportunity offender." This being the case, is it considered to be okay since no one group has been singled out? Since every group is being poked fun at, is the show considered to be that harmful? I intend to watch a few episodes of this show so I can finally understand what everyone's been talking about!
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