Peter Griffin: The Not So Typical Family Guy Pedophilia, mental disabilities, and terrorism are not usually the first thoughts that come to mind when a person contemplate comedy. Despite this fact, they are all subjects I have witnessed the well-known television show Family Guy poke fun at. This show represents a father, Peter Griffin, and his family and all of the ridiculous circumstances they put themselves in. While the majority of people do not find these subjects funny, they still find the show hilarious and support the show wholeheartedly. While I am not saying that everyone supports the vastly inappropriate jokes made on the show, a large portion of society loves it. Antonia Peacocke, author of “Family Guy and Freud: Jokes and their
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She discusses how she use to be a part of the group that finds the jokes distasteful, but then her viewpoint began to truly change. She began to view those jokes as instead of insensitive, more of a way to display reasons to not take them seriously. She describes how she knows how the topics made fun of are in fact serious, but it conveys the issues in a more light-hearted way through …show more content…
When someone is going through a tough moment in their life, the last thing they need to witness is another person making rude jokes out of it. Peacocke states, “Laughing at something so blatantly sexist could cause anyone a pang of guilt, and before I thought more about the show this seemed to be a huge problem” (pg 302). Peacocke is trying to convince her readers that she herself found these inappropriate comments uncomfortable to listen to, but she changed her mind by continuing to watch the show. She believes that these jokes bring light to these unfortunate situations, and in fact do not worsen them, but show how immature it is to think that way. Though I concede that for the people that are not mentioned in these jokes may not notice the harm in them, I still insist that for the groups put down by these jokes, it can be extremely hurtful. There are plenty of people that can take these offensive comments extremely personally, and are unable to witness the humor in the jokes. I find that joking about these subjects is in a way glorifying them instead of alleviating the issue. So these jokes turn out to be less of a fun joke, and more of a blatant
She discusses how she use to be a part of the group that finds the jokes distasteful, but then her viewpoint began to truly change. She began to view those jokes as instead of insensitive, more of a way to display reasons to not take them seriously. She describes how she knows how the topics made fun of are in fact serious, but it conveys the issues in a more light-hearted way through …show more content…
When someone is going through a tough moment in their life, the last thing they need to witness is another person making rude jokes out of it. Peacocke states, “Laughing at something so blatantly sexist could cause anyone a pang of guilt, and before I thought more about the show this seemed to be a huge problem” (pg 302). Peacocke is trying to convince her readers that she herself found these inappropriate comments uncomfortable to listen to, but she changed her mind by continuing to watch the show. She believes that these jokes bring light to these unfortunate situations, and in fact do not worsen them, but show how immature it is to think that way. Though I concede that for the people that are not mentioned in these jokes may not notice the harm in them, I still insist that for the groups put down by these jokes, it can be extremely hurtful. There are plenty of people that can take these offensive comments extremely personally, and are unable to witness the humor in the jokes. I find that joking about these subjects is in a way glorifying them instead of alleviating the issue. So these jokes turn out to be less of a fun joke, and more of a blatant