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    controversial episode of “The Simpsons” is full of satire, concentrating in the main theme of stereotypes and the ignorance of consumers in this day and age. These are represented through the Simpsons, elements, or flaws of modern society are cleverly displayed using many devices such as humour, puns, irony and sarcasm. When analyse an episode of the Simpson it gets you thinking, does the Simpson serve a greater propose than to just entertain? In the start of the show, the Simpsons enter into the new store

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    After watching both TV Sitcoms, “Everybody loves Raymond” and “Modern Family”, there is a lot of differences and similarities to analyze, comparing both on styles and production. First, “Everybody loves Raymond” is an American TV series show in the sitcom genre, created by Philip Rosenthal and aired on CBS since 1996. When I was watching it, I noticed that their settings were practically similar to ¨Modern Family¨, showing both sites in a family house. For example, both TV shows started with an

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    The sitcom That‘70s Show revolves around a group of teenage friends living in the fictional town of Point Place, Wisconsin through the years 1976 to 1979. This sitcom expresses many different themes throughout the seasons and episodes. When watching this show you are able to notice how the themes change throughout each season. This show addresses social issues of the 1970’s such as sexism, sexual attitudes, generational conflict, the economic hardships, recession, and teenage drug use. The shows’

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    woods. They recount a normalcy of how life used to be, an episode of The Simpsons. Throughout the recounts on what happened in the episode “Cape Feare”, the play introduces a new character which gives exposition to the current landscape of the United States. As the play continues into its second and third act, there is a large shift on the scenery, lighting, etc. as the cast begins to recreate the episode of The Simpsons which they discuss in the previous act. While it is easy to get lost on why

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    reinforce/challenge ideas and stereotypes through the mocking of societal issues. In this essay I will discuss about how stereotypes and common ideas are constructed, and how they are supported or challenged in The Simpsons and Modern Family through the use of satire, and parody. The first sitcom viewed was The Simpsons (in-class viewing),and is used to explore and support the common idea of ‘consumer capitalism’ in society plus the idea of ‘consumer debt’ through the use of exaggeration and parody. The other sitcom

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    Family Guy Satire

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    When I was in middle school, I first discovered Family Guy late at night while I was channel surfing in my hotel room. Usually, cartoons are never shown at night, simply because most kids are asleep by that time. I didn’t find anything decent, until I saw this cartoon. I figured it was for children, but I after I saw the theme song, I second guessed that. I continued to watch the show and even though it clearly had adult humor, I still continued to watch it, because I found it hilarious. There are

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    Family Guy and The Simpsons have differences in comedic style and family friends and similarities in family personalities . To begin off with, Family Guy and The Simpsons have differences in comedic style. Family Guy uses humor that has to be taken lightly, Family Guy overuses a joke until it dies and Family Guy takes a joke from zero to hundred in about six seconds. The Simpsons use humor that is funny, but doesn’t kill your braincells. For instance, in Family Guy there was an episode mocking terrorism

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    Lisa, who is a neighbor of Danny, lived peacefully next to him for fifteen years on Guerrero Street, decided to build a gazebo. Lisa frequently used this gazebo throughout the years; however, she was not aware that the gazebo she built was on property belonging to Danny. After a month, Lisa constructed a fence between her and Danny’s yard, inclosing the gazebo on Lisa’s side of the fence with no complaints from Danny. Fifteen years later, Danny had a survey done on his property, and discovers

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    Shameless Stereotypes

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    Shameless a family comedy-drama that portrays a low-income family trying to make a living on the south side of Chicago. The show focuses on the Gallagher family, and how the family of seven get by without the presence of their father Frank. The eldest daughter Fiona Gallagher, cares for herself and her other five siblings while their father Frank indulges in his spiraling additions. Instead of spending time with the family Frank, riddles their home with theft, drug use, and alcohol addiction. He

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    The popular meme of Donald Glover walking into a room filled with chaos originally derives from the NBC’s comedic sitcom, Community which aired from 2009 to 2015 (“Community”). During the episode that this scene is from, “Remedial Chaos Theory”, Troy and Abed host a housewarming party for their new apartment, inviting their study group. When the pizza arrives, Jeff decides to roll a die to decide who fetches it. According to Abed, this creates six possible timelines (in addition to the main timeline)

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