Family guy gone to far? or P.C brigade moaning for nothing.

willmunny1990

I didn't see it all myself but what do you make of the clips they showed?

Did family guy go to far?

Or is it just the bleeding heart brigade out in force again?

http://youtu.be/-7Pr0Gs5Fu0

Dudess

Summarise? Can't stream.

MrStuffins

Wait....... is that all they did?

Haven't these people ever seen Family Guy before? Or anything other than Loose Women?

AnamGlas

There's always going to be someone finding a problem with something. It's grand.

phasers

any chance of a summary for mobile users?

MrStuffins

Dudess wrote: »

Summarise? Can't stream.

Character called "Brenda" says her and her husband (who is beside her) will be stay with the Griffins for as long as they like.

Husband over reacts and verbally abuses her a little. He then drags her toward the door and pushes her out the door and calls her some nasty names like "fat, ugly bitch".

In another episode she has a black eye and makes excuses for him........... like happens.

Logical Fallacy

The usual **** that happens when any comedy show throws in a semi-serious moment.

Dudess

MrStuffins wrote: »

Dudess wrote: »

Summarise? Can't stream.

Character called "Brenda" says her and her husband (who is beside her) will be stay with the Griffins for as long as they like.

Husband over reacts and verbally abuses her a little. he then pushes her out the door and calls her some nasty names like "fat, ugly bitch"

Is it just a clip from FG so? I thought there were people being outraged?

pudzey101

Jesus its only a cartoon haha The episode showed Quagmires Sister Getting beat up by her bf
If someone is offended by this episode there clearly not old enough to watch it lol

hondasam

phasers wrote: »

any chance of a summary for mobile users?

Domestic violence, he hits her, calls her names,gives her a black eye she makes excuses for him.

phasers

MrStuffins wrote: »

Character called "Brenda" says her and her husband (who is beside her) will be stay with the Griffins for as long as they like.

Husband over reacts and verbally abuses her a little. He then drags her toward the door and pushes her out the door and calls her some nasty names like "fat, ugly bitch".

thanks!

Not only is that nothing especially offensive, I'm fairly sure that Family Guy have done that exact joke already.

GLaDOS

Cartoon violence, horrifying.

He's got nothing on that evil coyote, always bullying roadrunner like that

boblong

Dudess wrote: »

Is it just a clip from FG so? I thought there were people being outraged?

Vid is some news show acting outraged at said FG episode.

Badgermonkey

Oh God, the analysis from the trout-mouthed Doctor lady made me queasy.

Then the host of SHOWBIZ TONIGHT calls it 'a depressing half-hour of television'.

Jebus.

MrStuffins

Dudess wrote: »

Is it just a clip from FG so? I thought there were people being outraged?

Sorry

The clip in the OP is from a news show asking did they go too far.

In summary, neither the presenter nor the "expert" actually said they went too far. Presenter said it was "30 minutes of depressing tv" and the expert said they "missed the mark" when addressing domestic abuse as satire.

It's a non story really

Ficheall

Nothing worth mentioning therein. Judging just from the "two particularly bad clips" in the youtube link, it seems as though the Family Guy crew are using their popularity to draw attention to an often ignored problem.
The episode may not have been funny, true, but it did get a message across.
If they were complaining the episode wasn't funny then one could understand, but... meh...

strobe

Dudess wrote: »

Summarise? Can't stream.

They did an episode about a women that was being beaten by her boyfriend. It featured Family Guy style jokes in it.

The two scenes they showed in the news report there as examples of the worst of it weren't particularly over the top of anything, tame by Family Guy standards in fact.

Saila

phasers wrote: »

any chance of a summary for mobile users?

thats the whole point, if you take it out of context its bad but if you watch the show its just another episode :rolleyes:

orourkeda

I am totally watching this episode. I normally wouldn't but seeing as it has annoyed so many people and they have made the foolish error of giving it the oxygen of free publicity, I think I'll have to watch it now.

Siuin

Americans love stupid shít to get excited about

willmunny1990

phasers wrote: »

any chance of a summary for mobile users?

Being brief it basically shows quagmires sister getting beat up by her boyfriend, People are giving out Family guy got it wrong by making fun of the victim (which is the sister) more than the bad guy.

They say its making her look stupid for staying with him and constantly making excuses for his behavior towards her. They reckon domestic violence is not that simple. That's all i really no i didn't see the whole thing, but if there the worst bits he could pick out for that news clip then i think the whole uproar is ridiculous.

Dudess

OP, it doesn't bother me particularly - I think it's crass but it doesn't outrage me. However, why would a person who has a problem with it (their choice) automatically be a member of the mythical PC/bleeding heart brigade? Maybe they just, you know, have a problem with domestic violence being made light of?

fran oconnor

Eh, have these people seen Southpark??. Southpark would pee all over that for shocks..

Fart

Adult program?.. no?

I've seen worse in movies. How about the likes the Halloween movie by Rob Zombie and the husband in the wheelchair.

That's only one example, but it's only for show, a bloody script. It happens in real life... unfortunately.

phasers

Just a slow news day I reckon, because this joke has been made in tons of programmes before. They did this exact story in American Dad a couple of years ago, except it was between a gay alien and a little kid.

And that weird 'mr Queermo' guy from South Park.

Saila

its just a daytime show selling adverts.....

next :rolleyes:

Gummy Panda

phasers wrote: »

thanks!

Not only is that nothing especially offensive, I'm fairly sure that Family Guy have done that exact joke already.

Yeah but wasn't that domestic violence from a woman to a black man?

Artur Foden

Seemed pretty tame for family guy. Can't forget this classic scene:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwfInAXxtGc

MungBean

If people who thought that was bad seen South Parks Indiana Jones rape bits their heads would explode.

phasers

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Yeah but wasn't that domestic violence from a woman to a black man?

Yeah, PC groups in America seem to have no problem with female domestic abuse. How about when Lois smashed peter over the head with a frying pan? Or when Marge Simpson raped Homer?

Sonics2k

Watched it, was a decent episode.

People are horribly over-reacting to the episode, and I also agree with what they do to the boyfriend :P

Jev/N

Siuin wrote: »

Americans love stupid shít to get excited about

Like oil

Didn't the creator of Family Guy, Seth McFarlene, recently admit that Family Guy should have ended years ago?

The creator of the hit Fox animated series - which recently launched its tenth season - told The Hollywood Reporter that while fans are still passionate about the show, part of him feels that it ran its course several years ago.

MacFarlane explained: "Part of me thinks that Family Guy should have already ended. I think seven seasons is about the right lifespan for a TV series.

"I talk to the fans and in a way I'm kind of secretly hoping for them to say we're done with it. There are plenty of people who say the show is kind of over the hill… but still the vast majority go pale in the face when I mention the possibility."

MacFarlane also expressed interest in bringing the series to the big screen following its cancellation, adding: "Creatively, that would be the way to do it for me. Do a really fantastic final episode while the show is still strong."

Digitalspy.

phasers

Yeah, because someone's holding a gun to MacFarlane's head forcing him to keep making Family Guy.


He's just trying desperately to be taken seriously while still cashing his huge paycheck.

willmunny1990

Dudess wrote: »

OP, it doesn't bother me particularly - I think it's crass but it doesn't outrage me. However, why would a person who has a problem with it (their choice) automatically be a member of the mythical PC/bleeding heart brigade? Maybe they just, you know, have a problem with domestic violence being made light of?

Everyone has a problem with domestic violence, but in this episode i believe they are trying to get the message across that the "victim" has some accountability in the situation. By making her seem stupid it shows that maybe some people are simply stupid when it comes to this sort of issue.

However that doesn't apply to everyone, not everyone who is a victim of domestic violence is stupid or naive, but i think in this episode they were highlighting that some are and should have some accountability in the situation.

If your in a situation where your being abused its in your hands to get out of it. There's help out there, everyone has some sort of friends or family that can help and of course the gardai.

IMO some people choose this life and i think the episode tries to convey that message.

Wertz

I'm more offended by that stupid bint the guy in the link is talking to... "comedy is just tragedy viewed from the other side of the street"....what?

It's neither offensive nor funny...but FG has been going downhill in recent seasons I've found, in comedic terms.

CiaranMT

What a load of shi'ite.

What about human-on-chicken violence?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpoki4wBwtA

Warper

Ah publicity

Dyr

It's sort of funny that in an era that prides itself on being open minded that violence is such a taboo subject, its almost like the victorian attitude to sex. Weird.

Crazy Horse 6

I don't watch the show but is that all that went on? I don't get it.

The King of Moo

It's still amazing how much more American society (in general) can be be conservative and prudish compared to Europe.

More specifically in terms of major network content.

This reminds of the shock and pre-publicity over the half-a-second, barely-any-contact gay kiss on Modern Family.

ShadowHearth

Is there a new episode of family guy?! Thanks!!! I almost missed it!

Wertz

Gay kissing and wife beating are fine....you're just not supposed to laugh at them.

FG has been making a laugh out of paedophilia and date rape for years via Herbert and Quagmire respectively with no outcry (that I've noticed)...

willmunny1990

Wertz wrote: »

Gay kissing and wife beating are fine....you're just not supposed to laugh at them.

FG has been making a laugh out of paedophilia and date rape for years via Herbert and Quagmire respectively with no outcry (that I've noticed)...

I don't remember any outrage either, I remember on scene when they were on a dating show and quagmire spiked a girls drink and then dragged her off when she was knocked out.

wonderfulname

Domestic violence? In a cartoon? Never...

The King of Moo

I also recall a gritty drama from the 90s with horrific scenes like a father attempting to kill his son with a knife, only being stopped by his wife physically restraining him.

I can't remember the programme's name, but I don't remember anyone kicking up a fuss.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPq3TwWfKYs

Dotrel

Eeehhhhyyaehhhhh, that reminds me of time I read this thread on boards and something funny happened. Eeehhhhyyaehhhhh

Chuck Stone

willmunny1990 wrote: »

in this episode i believe they are trying to get the message across that the "victim" has some accountability in the situation.

In many of those types of relationships there are extremely complex dynamics and often it isn't as clear cut as victim/perpetrator.

By making her seem stupid it shows that maybe some people are simply stupid when it comes to this sort of issue

Some people are stupid though.

Wertz

Dotrel wrote: »

Eeehhhhyyaehhhhh, that reminds me of time I read this thread on boards and something funny happened. Eeehhhhyyaehhhhh

Guess you had to be there eh?

Dotrel

Wertz wrote: »

Guess you had to be there eh?

Eeehhhhyyaehhhhh, Guess you had to be there reminds me of the time I was a bodyguard for Bob Denver and something funny happened.

phasers

Eeehhhhyyaehhhhh

What the hell is that supposed to be?