...Zhifeng Liu MW 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Morality Issue Over Cartoon Shows TV shows have a tremendous effect on everyday people. Whatever we watch and hear on TV reflect how we act in real life. Television has a major influence on our morality today. In the recent years, a lot of TV shows have been played; they are about love, friendship, science, and all kinds of topics. Sometimes, they are giving out negative images of morality and culture, but some are giving positive as well. For example, South Park and Family Guy, although they are both cartoon sitcoms, they are not as childish as cartoons like Doraemon and Power Ranger. A lot of parents don’t allow their kids to watch these cartoons on TV, because they seem too violence and with too much dirty language in the show, they are not always wholesome, and not even in good taste. As a teenager, what I think is totally opposite to those parents. If we watch these shows carefully and look into all those dirty jokes, violence action, and inappropriate language, actually the show is full of morality and everyday knowledge. Although the jokes seem neither appropriate nor polite, they serve to give education to kids at the end. These shows allow us to look at things at different angles and different aspects, and they also allow us to think more about the differences between moral and immoral. One of my most favorite episodes of South Park is “Manbearpig”. The show is about a lonely and attention-desperate Al Gore goes...
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...Flash Mob Robberies Americans, despite their religion, race, ethnicity, or gender, never gave much thought to the terms like “flash mob robberies” or “organized looting.” However, these expressions have become acknowledge to the American society due to their criminal nature and the alarming frequency in which they take place. Historically, a flash mob was clearly an assembly of people who unexpectedly appeared at the same location at the same time. Now, flash mobs began to incorporate robberies, but they occurred infrequently across the country. Unfortunately, because of the economic collapse, flash mobs have become very notorious and are increasing in numbers in turning into criminal action in attempt to survive in America. Adolescents take advantage of social media, such as Facebook, and Twitter, to organize large group of other adolescents to assemble at a certain time and place. Once assembled, the large groups of delinquents run into a store steal as much merchandise as they can in a very short period of time. This is so the retail merchant does not have time to react. As a result, the once unfamiliar term is no notoriously known amongst all Americans. All across the country, retailers and other Americans have personally witnessed and reported multiple flash mob incidents. Law enforcement officers have recognized the accuracy of the flash mop epidemic and are taking the criminal manner very seriously. There are two important elements which make flash...
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...its highest status with their fan base. Its breakout star, a character named Stewie, has grown into a very clever villain. The show has won various awards; among those is an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Comedy. Seth MacFarlane is also the creator of the hit comedy show, which is playing on fox television called American Dad. A brief overview of season four, an episode named “doesn’t make me over,” the Griffins daughter Meg invites the cutest guy at school on a date. The boy declines her offer because she looks like a boy so she reaches out to her family for help. In an attempt to make her feel better and have more confidence, her mother Lois takes her to a newly constructed mega-store, where Meg receives the greatest makeover of her life. In the meantime, a local favorite tavern of the guys is forced to shut down because of the mega-store taking most of the local business. Peter, Meg’s father tries save the tavern by creating a band with his family and friends. Meg's new makeover has caught the attention of a record producer who wants to sign the band. The Griffins sign with the record producer and perform in New York on Saturday Night Live. Meg’s personality started to change because of her new look, she starts to get spoiled, but after the guest star of Saturday Night Live took advantage of her, she realized how bad she had been acting and corrected her spoiled behavior. The cultural values and challenges this episode faces are sexism, racism, and the social class...
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...The Departed and the Irish Mob While not as talked about as the Italian mafia, the Irish Mob is just as violent and proficient in their ways. Taking place in South Boston, the departed depicts a fictitious, but only just, account of the struggle between the Massachusetts State Police and the Irish Mob. Leonardo Dicaprio’s character Billy Costigan is a new member of the MSP and is chosen to become an undercover officer because of his background. Costigan’s father was from South Boston, and Costigan spent time there as a child. He infiltrates the Irish Mob, headed by Jack Nicholson’s character Frank Costello. Frank is the violent head of the Irish Mob that seems to never really be convicted of his crimes. We later come to find out that is in part because of his status as an FBI informant. Costello has an informant in the MSP by way of Matt Damon’s character Colin Sullivan. Sullivan grew up in Costello’s neighborhood and Costello was almost a father figure to him. With his loyalty to Costello, Sullivan was convinced to join the MSP and feed information to Costello. As the movie progresses, both Sullivan and Costigan find out about each other as “rats”, but not necessarily each other’s identities until towards the end. Sullivan upon finding out who Costigan is, erases his file after the death of Captain Queenan at the hands of the Irish Mob and the dismissal of Sargent Dignam. In the end Barrigan, another one if Costello’s men on the inside, shoots Costigan and Sullivan’s partner...
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...Pop Culture paper Psychology 12/6/14 Confirmation bias in Family Guy There are a lot of psychology principals and theories shown in animated television shows because it is easy to show how true and funny they really are. There is a clip in the television show called, family guy. The clip starts out as Lois and another person are trying to run for government and they are taking questions from undecided voters to see who will be mayor. It then goes to an undecided voter who asks a question to the guy Lois is running against and instead of answering the question the guy just goes up to the undecided voter and shakes his hand and looks him in the eye. The voter replies “Oh I like him he looks me in the eye” and there is a commotion among the crowd and someone says “I am voting for him”. It then goes to Lois who is very confused because she does not get why the people love the other guy when he did not even answer the question. Then Brian who is a different character on the show says “Just say short things that everyone agrees on”. So then it is Lois turn to answer a question from the undecided voters and it did not matter what the question was she kept replying “911 is bad.” The crowd of undecided cheered every time she said that despite the fact that 9-11 had nothing to do with the questions. For example one time she said that 911 is bad someone from the crowd said I agree with that like as if he was going to vote for her just because of that. This fits in psychology class...
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...(2012). Seth is also the creator of the hit comedy show, which is now playing on fox television called American Dad. A brief overview of season four on the episode of “don’t make me over”, when Meg asks the cutest boy at school on a date, and he turns her down because she looks like a boy, she turns to her family for support. In an effort to make her feel better and have more confidence, Lois takes Meg to newly built mega-mall, where Meg gets the ultimate makeover. Meanwhile, a local favorite tavern of the guys is forced to shut down because of the mega-mall taking most of the local business so Peter tries save the tavern by starting a band with the guys, but it is Meg's new look that has the record producers wanting the band. So the Griffins formed a band and that takes them all the way to New York to perform on "Saturday Night Live." Meg’s personality started to change because of her new look, and she starts to get spoiled, but after the star of “Saturday Night Live” took advantage of her she realized and came back to her sensed. The cultural values and challenges this episode faces are racism, sexism, religious degradation, and social...
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...For years Vic has been able to keep “Vic the Tricky Work Guy” separate from “Vic the Honest Family Guy” but the distinction is eroding. Vic is at a crossroads, for he recognizes that his workplace behaviors, choices and ethics are beginning to influence “Vic the Honest Family Guy.” Worse yet, Vic is becoming satisfied with the person he is at work. This paper will explore the consequences this eroding distinction has on Vic’s professional prospects and in his personal life. It will also examine several of the consequences organizations face as a result of a corporate culture that does not value candor. For over four years, “Vic the Tricky Work Guy” work persona has served Vic very well professionally. Greenline management considers him a high performer with high potential. He has been given a great deal of latitude and his peers and employees generally seem to respect him. While Vic recognizes that he is compromising his personal values at work, he is convinced it is necessary for him to get ahead. He does not recognize or acknowledge the impact that compromising his personal values will have on his professional reputation and career growth over the long term. At work, Vic is beginning to shift focus away from fulfilling his core job responsibilities to making himself look good. As in the case of fabricating an excuse about his daughter to get out of a trip to Houston, Vic is going to rather extreme lengths to shun his responsibilities. Eventually, the excuses...
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...Facts for simulation 2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * Today's date: March 31, 2013. | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * Peter Griffin called me asking about his tax situation for 2012 & 2013. * He provided the following facts: | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * (1) Peter (born 7/1/45) has been a single parent since 2009 when his wife Mary passed away. | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | (2) His son Paul (born 4/4/90) finished college August 2012. In spite of the degree, Paul was unable to get a better job so he kept working at Starbucks where he made about $300/wk. As a result, he's still living at home and will continue to do so in 2013. | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * (3) Peter changed jobs on July 1, 2012. * He left BIG4 firm...
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...Leanne Westphal Humanities 70 Contemporary Television 2 April 2016 Offended Much? Sick, twisted and politically incorrect seems to be the special brew for the hit animated series Family Guy. In this essay the author writes about the balance between humorous and offensive and the fine line the writers walk to create humor. I like to think this animated show has found that balance for its viewers. Family Guy has been under fire by many groups of people over the years for its taste and indecency. Groups from the Parents Television Council to the Venezuelan Government have filed complaints with the FCC regarding the content of episodes and also have banned the series completely from airing in their country. This series has many groups of people up in arms for the way it has carried its motto of “The show is an equal-opportunity offender” (Sarah Palin vs. Family Guy: Seth MacFarlane Responds (sort Of).Web. 02 Apr. 2016.). I have watched this show numerous times but I would not call myself a dedicated viewer. I find the show to be humorous and tune in to get a laugh when needed. It’s an animated series that I would never take serious nor would it ever offend me. It’s a TV show plain and simple. There are far more issues in this world to take on that would be far more productive for these groups other than trying to bring down a show that parents can change the channel to. The ability of the writers to bring humor into life situations I feel is amazing. When did we stop...
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...the baby tries to kill his mother in almost every episode. I do understand that it is made for comedy purposes only I believe that sometimes they tend to overstep the boundaries. I do believe that they try to make the family seem like they would do anything for each other. In one of the episodes the mother tries to cover up for her son because they believed he murdered a man but it turns out he did not. To me that shows although he broke the law she was willing to do anything for him to protect him. I do believe that television shows impact our views on life and our views on family values. After watching this show I realized that it impacted my view on family values negatively. I would not want my family to be dysfunctional like the Griffin family. They make fun of the eldest daughter in many episodes, the second son Chris does horribly in school and both children to not respect their parents. The parents Peter and Louis love each other and I can see that in episodes and in all of the episodes I have seen they are monogamous to each other so that does show that they are still trying to put some values in the show. The baby Stewie is always trying to kill his mother and they make it seem like it is an ok thing to do. But I would not raise my own children the way that they did in this show. It is not right in anyway in my mind. Being a mother of two young children it is important to teach them at a young age of what...
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...Family Guy: Often Offensive, but Smart Humor Seth MacFarlane, the creator of the popular comedy show, Family Guy, is well known for his controversial style of humor. His use of offensive jokes makes for a bad reputation with media sources and celebrities. According to Antonia Peacocke, author of “Family Guy and Freud: Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious,” Before she was such a devotee, she was, “adamantly opposed to the program for its particular brand of humor” (300). Antonia Peacocke explores the controversy of the jokes, and gives examples of how the show has been publicly criticized in past years. Family Guy is one of the only shows to be cancelled on multiple occasions because of off-color jokes. Peacocke informs readers that, “after its premiere in April 1999, the show ran until August 2000, but was besieged by so many complaints, that Fox was forced to suspend the show until July 2001, but the show didn’t come back the same as it was before. Due to censoring and an irregular air-time, the show’s ratings fell drastically and Family Guy was cancelled [again] in 2002” (300). I agree with her completely that Family Guy attempts to pack in more gags per minute about sex, race, incest, celebrities, etc. than any other cartoon show. I don’t see this as a bad strategy though. Making fun of groups of people is not a good thing to do, but it’s all for comedic purposes. I believe that if people and American society can’t accept humor about ourselves then we will be overly...
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...“Family Guy and Freud: Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious” is an article that is very relevant on the topic of pop culture intertwining with television shows. The article was written by Antonia Peacocke, a current college student. Peacocke starts off by introducing how she has felt about the show Family Guy over the years. Then moves onto how the show has been lashed out at and actually cancelled, but still managed to get put back on the air. When looked at closely the show satirizes American Culture but taken at face value Peacocke could see the harm in Family Guy’s comedy. Then Family Guy is compared to The Simpsons by how they both have similar comedy and both have faced heavy criticism. Peacocke explains that Seth McFarlane, the creator of Family Guy, then explains his reasoning for all of the criticism received toward his show. Lastly, Peacocke explains that it’s important to remember what is actually unfunny in life even while we can appreciate in fake comedy. After summarizing the article it is clear that Peacocke demonstrates Clarity, Relevance, and is a reliable source on the issue of pop culture and television shows. Peacocke demonstrates very distinct and clear writing in her article. After she introduced the issue of Family Guy being cancelled she went to great lengths to explain how and why the show did indeed get cancelled. Peacocke explained that the show was cancelled August of 2000 because there was an astronomical amount of complaints from viewers (300)...
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...The TV show, Family Guy, has a tendency to make fun of current social situations, but in particular, the episode “I am Peter, Hear me Roar” takes sexism extremely lightheartedly. The episode begins with Peter Griffin, a married white man with a lack of common sense, being offered a boat in exchange for attending a timeshare seminar. At the end of the seminar, Peter choose to take the “mystery box” over the boat, despite disapproval from his wife, Lois. With tickets obtained from the mystery box, Peter, Lois, and their friends go out and drink a lot of beer while at a comedy club Peter, who was highly intoxicated took it upon himself to go on stage and tells unfortunate jokes, however, the audience was not laughing at him because of his jokes,...
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... Hughes grew up near one of the most prestigious athletic (and academic) institutions in the country. Growing up in a time period where the Florida Gators' athletic programs won national title after national title in several sports throughout the school. His love for the Florida Gators began at a much younger age than most people, growing up in Bradford, Fla., Hughes had many opportunities to attend the university's athletic events as a kid. Seeing the names of Urban Meyer, Percy Harvin, Tim Tebow and countless others come through the University of Florida generated Hughes’ passion for the Gators. Hughes reflects back on the 2015 Florida versus Tennessee matchup as one of the most memorable games he has attended inside Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. The game where Florida scraped back from two touchdowns within the final five minutes, scoring the game-winning touchdown with just over a minute left. The crowd erupted with euphoria and the party had begun inside the stadium, with the student section jumping into a frenzy as Callaway raced down the sideline to score the go-ahead 66-yard touchdown pass. "It had felt like time stood still during that Callaway play. The atmosphere inside the stadium was truly indescribable. Hearing "It's Great to Be a Florida Gators echo throughout the stadium as we walked out was a surreal moment," Hughes said. Playing and watching sports has been an immense part of molding Hughes into the person he is today. Instead of just being a fan of...
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...Hayden stared at the jumble of logs in the stagnant swamp water. He had to catch a fish, he just had to, and it needed to be a big one or his sister would kill him. He whipped the rod forward but a gust of wind blew it directly into the log pile. RATS! Hung up—again! He had already lost four lures today to the swamp’s dangerous vegetation. Now lure number five — a seven-dollar buzz bait — dangled, hopelessly tangled, from a limb. He moved in close to see if he could retrieve it. The boat bumped gently against a log, but the lure was just out of reach. Hayden thought he might be able to grab it if he leaned out enough. Resting an arm on a cypress trunk, he stretched as far as he could. With his knees over the boat’s gunwale, he felt for the next log. Just a few more inches and he could snatch the lure. Hayden eased his body out — only his feet hung on the gunwale — and inched his weight onto the scaly log. The water exploded as the alligator, objecting to the boy on his back, lunged at his attacker. Hayden plunged into the murky swamp with the angry gator thrashing beside him. Hayden had heard that a person’s life passes before his eyes just before he dies, but now he knew this was untrue. Nothing flashed before his eyes except the alligator and the massive jaws that snapped furiously at the air above his head. The terrified boy instinctively grabbed the animal and wrapped his arms around it like a long lost friend. As the ten-foot gator twisted furiously, Hayden...
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