Family Guy Stereotypes

     This video is a few clips of stereotyping used in the show Family Guy. The first stereotype used in the clip is the stereotyping of Asian people with their bad driving skills and how this causes a major car collsion . The second stereotype is how Japanese girls think everything that is small Is cute while also stereotyping their accents. The third stereotypes African American people who talk to much and repeat the same sentence irrelevantly multiple times. The fourth stereotype shows how Mexicans win a game during the Olympics because of their great ability to clean and sweep. The fifth shows how Italian people always try to act tough and make themselves look dangerous if someone were to get on their bad side. The sixth stereotypes Asian people being smart and Asian parents pushing their kids to become doctors at a young age. The seventh stereotypes black people always saying ,"Mhmm". And finally, the eighth stereotypes Arab people being suicide bombers.
     Of course these are all extreme cases of stereotypes. An Asian woman would not purposely cause a car collision. An Asian father would not ignore his son knowing that his son is 12 years of age and not of age to be a doctor yet. Not all Arabs are suicide bombers. Not all African Americans and Italians talk that way. All of this is clearly made for entertainment purposes and is not meant to offend anyone. The use of satire exaggeration extends the comedy and gives a good laugh to audience members who might relate to the case.

http://youtu.be/zFeNLEnV8r4

The Oscars

"Nation Delighted As Many Famous People In The Same Room Together"
By: Unknown
Source: The Onion
http://www.theonion.com/articles/nation-delighted-as-many-famous-people-in-same-roo,38064/

     This article shows a picture of the Oscars. The Oscars is a popular televised event which most celebrities attend to either receive awards for their latest cinematic achievements or to support their friends or family involved in the television or cinema entertainment industry. This article talks about how spectacular it is that so many celebrities are all gathered in one place together. The author of the emphasizes how special it is and how happy it makes people with mediocre lives to watch many celebrities be in one room together. Cathy Parker states, " I like seeing famous people, but I like it even better when I see a whole bunch of famous people all near each other in a big room." Parker continues on to say," look how close they are. There's so many different ones. I like when one stands up and goes up the stairs and starts talking. My favorite is when one famous person says something that makes the other famous people laugh."
     All of this might be exaggerated but it does have some truth to it. The media loves watching a group of famous people all interacting together and cracking jokes and having each others spectacular lives cross paths with the others. But the author of the article makes fun of the fact that people are so amused by this. She makes fun of the fact that regular people idolize celebrities so much that just the fact of seeing them tovether  and interacting causes the media to get excited.