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A 3 page research paper that discusses the nature of humor using the animated TV show “Family Guy.” Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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"endorsement thesis," which was formulated by Ronald de Sousa, argues that to laugh at "sexist, racist or anti-Semitic" joke means that the person who perceives these jokes as funny accepts
the premises on which the joke is based (Lengbeyer 309). However, Lawrence Lengbeyer disagrees with this position and argues that a jokes humor is influenced not only by its premise,
but also on its semantics and context. In jokes where the principal character is the joke "is a playfully manipulated stereotype or caricature" that the audience knows to be an
"inaccurate representation," or in jokes where the situations or events depicted are known to the audience "not to be true to life," laughing at such humor is not a sign
that the audience subscribes to or endorse any sort of racist, sexist, or antisocial behavior. Hopefully, Lengbeyers position is the true one or American society is serious trouble as the
"Family Guy" is a very popular TV show and it features the most sexist, racist, stereotypical, off-color humor that can be imagined. This half-hour animated comedy, features a father
who makes televisions long-time animated know-nothing father Homer Simpson look like a veritable genius. According to advertising experts, the "family guy" is a recognized stereotype, and therein lies the foundation
for humor (Brent 17). The episode entitled "Chick Cancer" aired on November 26, 2006. Stewie, the precocious baby who speaks in the voice of pretentious adult, sees Olivia, a child
actress whom he knows from a previous episode, will be appearing at a local mall. He goes to opening of the childrens clothing store where Olivia is officiating meaning
to heckle her and falls in love instead. They are subsequently "married" and their pretend game of playing house satirizes every stereotypical clich? about marriage. For example, Stewie complains that
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