美國福斯廣播公司所推出的動畫連續劇Family Guy受到歡迎的程度和其所受到評論家漫罵的程度可謂不相上下!Family Guy在美國上演已超過5季,DVD亦大賣,頗有當年辛普森家庭的氣勢。
然而根據維基百科的資料: The animated series Family Guy has been the target of numerous complaints concerning taste and indecency. Parents Television Council has expressed moral opposition to the series, and filed complaints with the Federal Communications Commission over allegedly indecent content. 但儘管批評的聲浪來自四面八方,Family Guy 還是受到艾美獎的肯定! In 2009, it was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, the first time an animated series was nominated for the award since The Flintstones in 1961.
我自己也有收藏3卷的 Family Guy,每每在情緒低潮時,它總還是帶給我歡笑! 我想對Family Guy 的爭論是不會有結果的,每個人對幽默的定義不同,對 decency 的界線也不盡相同。它就是一部卡通,太多的價值觀對它而言是太沉重了!
若有機會借到Family Guy 的DVD,不彷打開字幕,許多教科書裏難見的鄙俗和譏諷的對白如排山倒海而來。放輕鬆,好好享受吧!

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