Analysis Of Family Guy, Futurama, And South Park

Television is the pinnacle of human creation. A box the size of an animal that could produce pictures that move and was created thousands of miles away in a studio by other humans whose job it was to entertain the public, but does the need to entertain remove from the possible knowledge to attain. Shows like Family Guy, Futurama, and South Park are some of the many shows that people decree as pointless, a joke, a waste of time, or idiotic. To the unknowing eye theses shows are indeed nothing more than a joke or entertain, but if one were to take a closer look into the shows it is possible to see that jokes, storylines, and characters represent a bigger picture. Family Guy, Futurama, and South Park are some of those shows that use satire to

The main characters are Kenny, Kyle, Stan, and Eric. Kenny speaks in a muffled and indiscernible voice, he is from a poor family and is usually killed in every episode, which is always followed by Stan saying, “Oh my God! They killed Kenny”. Stan is considered “a normal, average, American, mixed-up kid”. Kyle is considered the most intelligent with the highest morals and is Jewish. Eric is aggressive, prejudiced, and emotionally unstable usually complaining when he does not get what he wants. South Park uses humor and satire to show social problems and issues in society. For example in a recent episode a police officer shoots a six year old Latino boy in the arm and results in the town not wanting the police’s assistance. In the show Randy the father of Stan says, “We’ve only had a Whole Foods for a month, and we already no longer need cops.” Then when the public requires the assistance the police deny them it since they are going to a luau and too busy to do any real police work. He also reminds the town of their constant harassment of the police. Dan Caffrey a writer for A.V Club says, “It’s not until Officer Barbrady’s (police officer who is considered unintelligent) mistake that everyone develops a real problem with the cops, and even then, it’s not because of genuine concern for the little boy or potential (albeit nonexistent) racist motivations of the act; it’s just another case of them jumping on a bandwagon that has PC Principal (principal who takes political correctness to an extreme) at the yoke.” Caffrey means that no one in the town cares about the child or even the racist cops but rather join the charade because of PC Principal. Much like how society is today with people hoping onto the bandwagon just because for some reason they cannot think for themselves. Which is a common trend in South Park. South Park uses it setting and characters