Jan
15
2019
Tuesday, January 15 2019
First it was the Simpsons caving to the PC gestapo, now it’s Family Guy. It turns out that the most “envelope-pushing,” politically incorrect champions of the entertainment industry have a breaking point after all. And that breaking point is wherever the modern Viceroys of Virtue Signaling tell them it has to be. Jokes about fat people, Christians, rape, bestiality, stalking, and infanticide are totally cool. But homosexuality? Too far. Seeing what has recently happened to long-standing comedy giants like Kevin Hart for having told a gay joke at one point in his life, it’s certainly understandable why Seth MacFarlane would be running scared. He might want to host the Oscars one day. But what makes this capitulation so embarrassing is the hilariously desperate way the executive producers try to pretend this is totally not them being pushed around. This was completely their call…seriously…no question about it…they totes just decided mutually that gay jokes were way too low brow for their sophisticated comedy.
Reading this, I can’t really tell if this is Appel and Sulkin trying to convince themselves or trying to convince us of this utter nonsense. When, pray tell, has “the climate” (whatever that means) made it acceptable to joke about throwing a baby in a dumpster at prom, someone with Parkinson’s Disease spilling their wine, racial stereotypes, or killing an infant by shaking him to death? The absurdity of it all wasn’t lost on fans reacting to the news:
MacFarlane has fended off protestors of various religious groups, AIDS charity promoters, and a slew of other social justice-conscious protestors, all in the name of comedy. But it was only a matter of time before he and his team were brought to their knees. Really the only question for many of us was which SJW-approved, perpetually-offended, protected class would be the one to claim Peter Griffin’s scalp. Whoever had money on the LGBT lobby, take a bow and collect your winnings. Family Guy has surrendered. |