Why Do Cartoon Network And Adult Swim Exclude Female Viewers?

This blog was originally published on Xanga March 15, 2013.

 

Hey there my fellow Xangan friends, subscribers, and viewers of my page! I am ready to discuss a long overdue issue, which should've been addressed by on and offline viewers, years ago. 

Cartoon Network as a whole, has gradually become a more sexist channel than it used to be. During the 1990's and early 21st Century, Cartoon Network was meant for viewers of both genders to watch. 

Now, the network has become male-centric, even though the opposite sex has always watched animation regardless. 

Why the sudden change?

It's already bad enough, that Cartoon Network and Adult Swim's male viewers have started complaining about their lousy programming.

During my college senior year nearly 8 years ago, I noticed the programming was starting to suck. Cartoon Network gradually started to sneak Live Action Movies onto a network meant for CARTOONS by 2005. 

I can understand their reasoning for showing Animated and Live Action Movies with some animation in them. However, the moment Cartoon Network began airing Live Action Movies, the writing was already on the wall, so to say. 

Once Live Action Movies were shown, the channel started airing mind-numbingly stupid Animation and Reality TV Shows specifically meant for Cartoon Network's male viewers.

During the mid to late '90s, I didn't spend most of my time watching Cartoon Network. During those years, I mostly watched MTV. MTV had better cartoons, music videos, and reality shows. I was also attending middle and high school. 

Cartoon Network's programming was normally syndicated cartoons from the 1940's-80's. I already watched some of them, 3 decades ago. There was no such thing as Cartoon Network, in the '80s. 

Cartoons used to air on local channels 7 days a week, during the mornings and afternoons. Gradually, those same channels stopped airing cartoons and began airing more Daytime Talk Shows and news programs. 

During the early 1990's, Cartoon Network was niche; It only existed on basic cable in New York City, Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and Detroit. Cartoon Network was also the only cable channel, which aired 24-hour cartoons among Nickelodeon, USA, Disney, and The Family Channel. Cartoon Network didn't arrive on nationwide cable packages, until 1996.

That following year, Cartoon Network launched Toonami. The word "Toonami" is a portmanteau of the words "cartoon" and "tsunami." 

Toonami is supposed to mean a "tidal wave" of animated shows from both America and Japan. In other words, this was an Action Animation Block. 

I didn't start watching Toonami, until 1998. 1998 was when Cartoon Network began airing the Mahou Shoujo (Magical Girl) Anime series, Sailor Moon. 

Since Sailor Moon was a Mahou Shoujo Anime, it was specifically meant for the female demographic and maintained most of its demographic, regarding Shoujo Anime. I never had the chance to watch every Anime Cartoon Network aired. 

Throughout my youth, I was engaged in other activities and shows. Although, I did learn from a few Toonami and Anime fans, that there was another Shoujo Anime. That was Cardcaptor Sakura. 

Cartoon Network mostly aired Sailor Moon, Cardcaptor Sakura, The Powerpuff Girls, and Hai Hai Pafi AmiYumi (a.k.a. "Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi") for the female audience. 

Is that pathetic or what? 

There were some unisex cartoons, but for the most part, Cartoon Network mostly cares about the male demographic, and even they are being misrepresented.

Meanwhile, there is Adult Swim. Adult Swim is a separate network of its own, which airs on Cartoon Network and is a bundled network supposedly meant for men. Adult Swim launched, when I was 19 years old.

Originally, I mostly watched Adult Swim's programming for canceled American cartoons, from Fox and The WB. 

In 1999 and 2000, 3 Primetime Cartoons were too controversial to be airing on Fox and The WB at the end of the 20th Century and the beginning of the 21st Century on local networks. Those 3 were Family Guy, The Oblongs, and Mission Hill.

Family Guy, The Oblongs, and Mission Hill all aired on Fox and The WB during my high school junior and senior years. All 3 were soon canceled because they were politically incorrect, morally corrupt, and had sexually explicit content. 

Them having dark humor was a bonus for viewers like yours truly.

By the time I was in my early to mid-20's, I started watching more Adult Swim. The network began airing Family Guy, The Oblongs, and Mission Hill. 

In addition to those 3 cartoons, Adult Swim started airing Shonen Anime such as Scryed, Case Closed a.k.a. "Detective Conan" (Meitantei Conan in Japanese), Crayon Shin-Chan, Code Geass, Death Note, Wolf's Rain, Witch Hunter Robin, Trinity Blood, and Bleach. 

To add more animation to Adult Swim's programming, the network launched their own animated and Stop Motion series such as Robot Chicken, Metalocalypse, and The Boondocks. All of the preceding gave me reasons to watch the network.

Even though some of us female viewers watch all of these Adult Cartoons, they are still meant for the male demographic. Adult Swim only wants to target the male demographic. 

In fact, lately it seems as though they only care about targeting teenage boys. All the while, some don't enjoy watching most of Adult Swim and Cartoon Network's currently airing shows. Those 2 networks are a heaping pile of misrepresentation for both genders young and older, which is a problem.

Now, Cartoon Network and Adult Swim mostly show the MOST mind-numbingly stupid, vapid, and worst live action shows and animation in a bundle. The viewers have complained a plethora of times to them. 

Both networks mostly feed their viewers lies about not airing certain shows and mock their Anime viewers. This is where it gets even better. They claim they are "lowly funded."

Cartoon Network is owned by Ted Turner. Adult Swim is contracted with Williams Street. Williams Street is a division of  TBS (Turner Broadcasting System), which is OWNED by Ted Turner. With that being said, Cartoon Network and Adult Swim are not NEARLY as "lowly funded" as they claim to be. Adult Swim exists in OTHER countries and those same countries have better programming than in America. 

Currently, there is division between both Cartoon Network and Adult Swim's viewers. In fact, viewers are so divided, that it's as divided as Republicans and Democrats in America. Very few male viewers are being represented and the female viewers are completely excluded.

For some reason, it seems like these networks don't believe that female viewers matter. Just because a show for the male demographic has at least 1-4 female characters in it, that doesn't mean the show caters to the female viewers. 

I get the impression, that Cartoon Network and Adult Swim assume us females are engrossed in watching reality shows, soap operas, Twilight, The Notebook, and taking slutty pictures, all the while giving our best duck faces, and posting them on Facebook. 

Last year, I was told many times on fan pages by fanboys, that airing Shoujo Anime on the Toonami block isn't "actiony enough" and that particular Anime genre does "poorly in sales." If that's the case, why do females enjoy watching Shoujo Anime? Apparently somebody is buying Shoujo.

If those working at Adult Swim and Cartoon Network would pull their heads out their asses and tried harder to properly represent both genders, maybe they would realize they could still regain more viewers

How could they succeed in attracting more viewers?

How about buying MORE shows, that BOTH genders like and would most likely watch? Hmm, there's a thought. 

If Cartoon Network and Adult Swim wanted my input, I would GLADLY give it to them. Airing Anime such as Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler), Jigoku Shojo (Hell Girl), Shiki, Special A, Kaicho Wa Maid-Sama, Shugo Chara, Vampire Knight, School Rumble, and Beelzebub to only name a few would be a start.

 They wouldn't have to necessarily run all those Anime at once. They could rotate these series, whenever 1 or 2 of them would end. Most of these titles cater to the female demographic but the male viewers can still watch them. I feel these titles have something for everybody and would bring in more viewership. 

Until then, Cartoon Network and Adult Swim's viewers will remain divided, and the female demographic will continue to be excluded. Therefore, neither network should beg more viewers for ratings, while lying and making excuses to us about it.

Have You Ever Watched MTV Icon: The Cure Circa 2004?

This blog was originally published on Xanga March 9, 2013.

 

How's it going my fellow Xangans? I know that I'm super LATE with this topic, but have any of you ever watched MTV Icon: The Cure?  

I can't believe MTV did another MTV Icon back in 2004. I didn't know anything about it! Then again, that was a BRUTAL year for me. 

In 2004, my grandfather died from multiple terminal illnesses. He was the only father figure I ever had. At the same time, I mostly stayed gone from my dorm room. During 2004, I was swamped with difficult classes and had a needy and attention-seeking drama queen for a roommate. 

It was mostly my roommate's cheating boyfriend at the time (he was cheating on my roommate with her divisive friends), their toxic relationship, and his need to monopolize the TV and our dorm room, that gave me reasons to stay gone. 

I was lucky to sit down and watch TV or listen to music, much less get any sleep. Anyway, I digress.

Last year, I YouTubed MTV Icon: The Cure and wasn't that impressed with it. MTV had Marylin Manson of ALL Rock Stars host the tribute. That narcissist did NOT deserve to host a tribute for The Cure. 

He was so patronizing to us viewers and fans. As if Manson wasn't already a grandiose, pompous ass?

His melodramatic antics and feeling the need to say, that he was more into Metal than he was into The Cure was highly unnecessary. Like the typical narcissist, that asshole wanted to make The Cure's tribute ceremony into being about HIM.

Siouxsie Sioux from Siouxsie And The Banshees, Jonathan Davis from KoRn, Jared Leto's 30 Seconds To Mars, Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor, Peter Steele from Type O Negative, Bauhaus' Peter Murphy, or any other musician, who was Goth or highly admired The Cure should've hosted the tribute. 

It felt as if Marylin Manson was insulting The Cure and their fans including yours truly, throughout the entire tribute. 

He disguised his insults as jokes from time to time about Robert Smith, his hair, The Cure's music, etc. I understand that Manson was trying to be "witty," but his insults disguised as jokes rubbed more of us viewers the wrong way. I'm not the only fan of  The Cure's, who noticed that narcissist's inflection.

Last year, I read the YouTube comments all throughout the time I watched this 9-year-old tribute that I missed. 

The Mansonites loved it whereas The Cure fans like myself didn't. I don't believe Robert Smith or the rest of the band cared for Marylin Manson's hosting, either.

It was as if Marilyn Manson was mocking The Cure and us fans. Some YouTube posters said Manson was acting like a "douche bag" and I completely agree with them.

Neither did the late Peter Steele of Type O Negative, nor did I have a problem with joking about the Goth Sub-culture, when he wrote the song, "Black No. 1." 

Type O Negative's song, "Black No. 1" was meant to be witty about the Goth Sub-culture and Goth Chicks without being patronizing. 

It sucks that Peter Steele didn't host the MTV Icon: The Cure, when he (Steele) was still alive. 

I'm willing to bet that Peter Steele would've done a phenomenal job compared to Marylin Manson. Peter would not have been melodramatic to the extent, that he was patronizing The Cure and their fans.

The Deftones and A.F.I. were the best Icon tribute performers; Both were fantastic, when they paid homage to The Cure. Every other band's homage sucked ass. We're talking cringeworthy vocalists from shitty Pop-Punk bands like Blink-182, naming only 1 example. 

Who can take a band, that revels in tomfoolery seriously? 

No one in Blink-182 ever had any real singing talent. 

Mark Hoppus and ESPECIALLY  Tom Delonge still dress like 12-year-old skater boys from the '90s with the voices of 12-year-old boys to match. 

I guess I'm being a little harsh. At least Mark sounds like he already reached puberty but I can't say that for Tom, that's for sure. Oh, my ears!

MTV should've had bands such as 311, 30 Seconds To Mars, and other vocalists with singing talent and an appreciation for The Cure to perform covers. 

Undoubtedly, The Deftones gave the best cover performance out the entire tribute for The Cure. 

I am not only saying this because I enjoy The Deftones, but also because the dark tones, the intensity in the band's performance, and Chino Moreno's vocals sounded amazing. 

A.F.I. had the 2nd best cover. Everybody else sucked ass. I think MTV might have chosen to pull the plug, after MTV Icon: The Cure. Marylin Manson's shitty job of hosting the tribute was as terrible as the other performances.

I will admit, I like some of Marylin Manson's songs and can respect him TO AN EXTENT. Otherwise, he needs his ego to be deflated. 

I have never met the man, but he comes across as very abrasive and should stop patronizing everyone. 

Manson can do his "shock value" schtick as much as he wants and more power to him. However, anytime Twiggy quit Manson's band and Dita filed divorce papers on his birthday years ago, it makes me wonder why. I'm just saying.

So, has anybody else ever watched MTV Icon: The Cure? If you want, you can check out this Deftones' cover of "If Only Tonight We Could Sleep."

The Deftones "If Only Tonight We Could Sleep" MTV Icon: The Cure (2004)

Chiller TV Or Not So "Chiller TV"?

 This blog was originally published on Xanga February 3, 2013.

Chiller TV or not so "Chiller TV"? 

That is the question I have been asking myself for a while. Originally, I started watching Chiller TV for Horror Anime such as Descendants of Darkness (Yami no Matsuei) and Tokko.

Considering that Chiller TV is Syfy's sister channel, I should've known the network was going to be a disappointment. Once it turns March 1st next month, it will be 6 YEARS, since Chiller was launched. After 6 years, some of us Horror fans already lost interest.

Chiller TV looks like a network that was only launched 5 minutes ago. Most of its programming consists of censored Horror Movies and TV shows in syndication.  

NOTHING about the network "chills" me to the bone. I have watched movie trailers both old and new, as well as movies on other networks with more frightening scenes than what is being aired on Chiller. Is that pathetic or what?

NBC Universal owns Chiller TV AND Syfy. Both have phenomenal special effects used in their commercials to help promote each network. yet their content is like eating a Shit Sandwich.

Sometimes, I watched Chiller TV to help me fall asleep in the morning because I have Chronic Insomnia.

Does anybody other than myself find that last statement to be somewhat abnormal?

Horror was NOT  meant to be used as a sleeping aid. It is meant to frighten its audience to the extent, that we are too scared to sleep for days, not bore us to sleep. I understand that Chiller TV is supposed to be low budget.

If NBC Universal is advertising Chiller TV and Syfy, the quality of programming should be much better than they are on both networks. 

Maybe LESS time and money should be spent on their promos and MORE time and money should be spent on their content.

Chiller TV should NOT  repeatedly marathon the same shows everyday, while occasionally airing new Horror countdowns and documentaries like some fine china. 

It would not be so bad, if Chiller left every syndicated movie and TV show UNCENSORED.

Horror is not meant to be censored. If Chiller TV is supposed to be attracting Horror fans, the network is doing a poor job of it.

When it comes to airing content, Chiller TV should be a premium channel like HBO, Starz, Encore, etc; Chiller TV should be an UNCENSORED Horror network, that can be watched on basic or premium cable and satellite packages.

By Chiller not being included on Time Warner's basic cable package, its viewership is extremely niche. Only those with Direct TV and Dish Network can watch Chiller. 

Coming from a Horror fan and author, Chiller TV is disappointing. When I see a channel for Horror fans, I expect to watch independent, mainstream, and banned movies that were too controversial to be released in movie theaters.

At the rate Chiller TV is going, the network would be better off airing R.L. Stine's Goosebumps TV series from the mid-90's, which used to air on Nickelodeon.

Don't get me wrong, I do NOT  hate R.L. Stine's novels. He's like the Stephen King for pre-teens and younger. Also, I find Stine's novels more entertaining than King's.

However, I like movies based on Stephen King's novels better than movie's based on R.L. Stine's.

Anyway, with decades worth of Horror movies, Chiller TV could air so many of them throughout the hours. 

Instead, the network's programmers choose to air censored, syndicated shows from over 10 to 30 years ago. Follow those same shows up with films, which have terrible script writing and talentless, unknown actors we don't care about watching.

If NBC Universal and Chiller TV want to maintain their viewers and attract more fans, they should modify the network's programming. Chiller's programming is barely worth watching, most of the time. I occasionally watch the channel for their documentaries.

Chiller TV's programming is starting to mimic music channels. Just like MTV and VH-1 spend most of their time discussing music videos from the last 10 to 30 years, Chiller mostly wastes time discussing Horror films throughout the decades.

That is when the network OCCASIONALLY decides to air a new Horror documentary.

For the love of God, Chiller TV, please air uncensored Horror and NOT  "child-friendly" content. STOP discussing Horror and START showing it. Be like Nike and "Just DO it," already! 

Trust me, your ratings would probably soar, if you actually aired something, that Horror fans WANT  to watch.

Do you agree or disagree? Let me know what you think!

Happy 48th Birthday To The Late Brandon Lee!

This blog was originally published on Xanga February 1, 2013. 

Brandon Lee (February 1, 1965 – March 31, 1993)

 

Today, had Brandon Lee, Bruce Lee's son lived, he would've turned 48 years old. It would not surprise me, if Brandon was spinning in his grave right now, while asking, "Has it already been 20 years, since the time I was killed?" 

Technically, the end of March will officially make it 20 years, since the time Brandon Lee died making The Crow.

According to The Crow's comic book author, James O'Barr, the production was low budget. Both the comic book and the movie were set in Detroit, MI. However, the movie production was shot in North Carolina. I assume that North Carolina was the only convenient state, that they could shoot The Crow 1.

At his own comic book panel filled with fans, the author also said that he read Brandon's autopsy report. There were no licensed gun professionals working on the set and the crew consisted of electricians handling the props on The Crow set. He referred to them as being "hill billies."

Supposedly, when everyone would go home for the night, the electricians would sneak out the guns (which were supposed to stay on the set) to go shooting with them. Then, the electricians would sneak the guns back onto The Crow set.

The moment Michael Massee (who played the character, "Funboy") was in the middle of filming his scene with Brandon Lee, Massee shot his gun not knowing that it was loaded with REAL bullets and ACCIDENTALLY killed Lee. No one expected the guns to be loaded with real bullets.

Let's all thank those hill billy electricians for feeling the sudden urge to sneak in and out guns, that were supposed to stay on The Crow set. Thanks to them, Brandon lost his life. 

Everyone including James O'Barr, Michael Massee, Ernie Hudson, etc. had to cope with trauma and survivor's guilt. 

Those "hill billy electricians" not only killed an actor before he could reach his pinnacle, but also damaged and traumatized other actors to the extent that they quit acting for years.

Luckily, I managed to watch some of Brandon Lee's other movies. They were released, before The Crow. Even though I was only 10 1/2 years old, when Brandon Lee died, I did manage to watch some of his older movies, after I became a teenager.

I already watched him in Legacy Of Rage, Showdown In Little Tokyo, Rapid Fire, and The Crow. People may argue that his acting skills were "mediocre." However, I loved Brandon because he was a Martial Artist with intelligence and sarcastic humor.

In addition, the Chinese American actor was an Aquarius. Therefore, Brandon was bound to be sarcastically humorous and intelligent.

If we were to speak in Anime Otaku/Fangirl terms, Brandon Lee would be my so-called "dead husbando."

I don't know what it is about my sister sign, Aquarius (I'm an Aquarian Gemini, which makes me a double air sign). There's just something about Aquarian men that usually make me want to sit and listen to them talk for HOURS. 

Listening to extremely talented, cultured, intelligent, and hilarious Aquarian men makes me scream in the back of my mind, "OOH, BRAINS! MORE FUCKING BRAINS!!!"

Please forgive me for my ghoulish, impure thoughts. You're probably imagining me as a mad scientist or a ghoul feasting on an Aquarian man's brains, as you read this blog. I can't help it. Aquarian men tend to fascinate me.

As I was saying... The Crow was and still is Brandon Lee's best movie, years later. Lee playing a brutally attacked and murdered protagonist, while literally dying during the making of The Crow, added extreme impact to the film and its sales. His tragic death imitated art.

I believe that Bruce and Brandon Lee somewhat helped pave the way for other Asian American Actors today. If we look back 10-20 years ago, there weren't as many Asian American Actors on American TV as there are now.

I believe society has become a little more diversified, cultured, and accepting towards Asians. There will always be ignorami, who are racist towards them.

At the same time, I believe more Americans, including those in Hollywood, have come a long way compared to decades ago. 

The following is a video of Brandon Lee's interview with former Late Night Host, Jay Leno discussing Rapid Fire:

Brandon Lee's Interview With Jay Leno (1992)

RIP Brandon Lee!

What's With People Who Can't Handle Constructive Criticism?

This blog was originally published on Xanga January 21, 2013.

 

There are different types of criticisms, that exists. Constructive criticism is only 1 example. As I already mentioned in my latest Pulse, I am bringing up the topic of people, who can't handle constructive criticism.

Constructive criticism is not about trying to insult something or someone. It is about giving both positive and negative feedback.. Negative feedback regarding constructive criticism is about spending time correcting errors.

In a way, this can somewhat apply to the increasing amount of Facebook narcissism. Most narcissists, who currently use that site are entitled, spoiled brats. They expect everybody to constantly agree with them like good Yes Men and Women (also known as SYCOPHANTS), by constantly clicking the "Like" button and praising them ad nauseam. Being a sycophant can actually do more damage than good sometimes. 

Whenever someone interacts with somebody, who disagrees and dislikes with what he/she said or did, he/she starts throwing a tantrums like a toddler in his/her terrible 2's.

Whenever I took an Art and Creative Writing Classes in both high school and college, "workshopping" was ALWAYS a requirement; Each student had to critique by giving positive and negative feedback about another classmate's work.

If we disliked someone's poem or story, we had to explain our reason(s) for WHY we disliked it without insulting that classmate and his/her work; We had to detail what needed to be inserted, revised, removed, or expanded without insulting the person and his/her work. The same format most definitely applied to Art projects being critiqued. 

Sure, there were some very rude people (especially rude classmates), but we encounter rude people everyday in society. That's just a part of life.

People, who can't handle constructive criticism typically become extremely defensive and start attacking other people like Cujo. You know the rabid dog from Stephen King's Horror novel and film?

Whenever we encounter those types of people, they usually have anger management issues, a major inferiority complex, and they are viewed as being unapproachable.

Based on my personal experiences with some people, they are usually defensive because they're used to most people destroying their confidence. Therefore, they go into Cujo Mode, as a defense mechanism. Otherwise, there are those entitled divos and divas.

Those of that ilk with hypersensitivity must realize, that in the real world, they are not always going to get their way. Therefore, they should not expect for everyone to tiptoe around them.

How will they learn anything, if they expect everyone to constantly act like tiptoeing sycophants by praising them every nano second?

If people can't handle constructive criticism, they'll never change for the better. Not only that, but these types of people will also repel other people from them. They are normally viewed as being unapproachable.

In addition, some of the biggest nitpickers cannot handle constructive criticism. Ever hear the saying, "You can dish it out but can't take it"? Nitpickers are normally in that category.

I socially distance myself from hypersensitive people and nitpickers. I don't have the time and patience to praise Cujo by giving him a doggie treat, when he has done something wrong. I'm not an enabler. 

I will provide my personal support and opinion, however I refuse to be someone's designated enabler. This especially applies to providing constructive criticism.

Whenever I encounter butt hurt people desperately in need of coddling, I wash my hands of them. Sounds harsh but life is harsh. Everything in life is never going to be and never has been a "Kumbaya" sing-along.

Sir Thomas Moore's Utopian Communist Philosophy, "Land of Utopia" always was and still is a total crock of bullshit. That's all the more reason why I named my chapbook, "It's Not All Bunnies And Sunshine."

In the meantime, what are your thoughts?

Did Tonight's Episodes Of Family Guy And American Dad Hold A Lot Of Truth?

This previously published blog debuted on Xanga January 13, 2013.

 

 

Earlier this morning, I made this Xanga account. I would've published a blog a lot sooner, but I was busy and weighing thoughts. I used to have a Yahoo 360 account ~several years ago. Then, Yahoo decided to discontinue Yahoo 360 in America. Anyway, that's not why I'm publishing this blog, tonight.

Earlier, I watched American Dad and Family Guy. While watching both cartoons, I couldn't help noticing the hidden messages behind each episode. "Brian's Play" on Family Guy had a lot of truth to it.

Personally, I was never a Brian Griffin fan. That dog has always been a pretentious showoff, closet racist, and a pompous, self-righteous hypocrite.

A few years ago, there was a Family Guy episode titled, "Tyrone Is The New Black." In that episode, Brian asked Glen Quagmire why he disliked him. In a huge rant, Quagmire listed all his reasons for hating Brian. 

Family Guy: "Glenn Quagmire Explains To Brian WHY He Hates Him" (2013)

I LOVED Quagmire's rant. He was spot on about Brian's sickening personality!

BTW: Stewie and Quagmire have always been my 2 favorite Family Guy characters.

On tonight's episode, The Griffins attended Brian's play to show their support for the play he wrote. It was highly praised by critics.

Shortly after, Stewie asked Brian to give him feedback about the play that he (Stewie) wrote. Once Brian read Stewie's play, he realized that Stewie's play was better than his own.

Out of jealousy and letting his own insecurities get the best of him, Brian stole Stewie's play. He not only stole Stewie's play, but also buried it in the backyard.

Brian then lied to Stewie about his play being badly written because Brian could NOT handle that he was upstaged by a baby, which happened to be Stewie. 

Eventually, Stewie came to the realization that Brian lied about his play being inferior to his and confronted Brian about it. Stewie made sure to tell Brian about his play being mediocre and dumbed down for people like Peter.

As I watched "Brian's Play," I noticed that tonight's episode could be easily applied to today's society regarding education and entertainment as a whole. Some critics give Family Guy so much flack.

If more people would see beyond the pop-culture references, inside jokes, and "toilet humor," they would realize there are some hidden messages behind some of Seth MacFarlane's cartoons.

Viewers who watched "Brian's Play," could apply tonight's episode to jealous people. This is especially when those same jealous people are aspiring writers.

Believe or not, some writers are jealous of another writer's work and try plagiarizing it. Otherwise, they might insult someone else' work because they don't want to admit, that someone's work is more superior than their own.

Something similar happened to me, during my college senior year at Carthage College. I took an Advance Fiction night class and wrote my short story, "The Bill Collector."

Once I read it to my night class, so many of my classmates had questions about my story to the extent, that it sparked a debate. 

As "The Bill Collector" sparked a debate, a female classmate had the audacity to call my short story "a bunch of fluff." We all looked at her like she was insane. 

This female classmate was a classmate from my previous Creative Writing class, mind you.

Wanna know what that space cadet wrote for an Instructional Poem Assignment?

She wrote an Instructional Poem about how to apply make-up! I'm not kidding in the slightest. Could she had been any dumber, if not vapid and shallow? 

Her dumb ass literally wrote a poem about how to apply some make-up. 

That same superficial space cadet was getting her degree in Secondary Education. Sweet Jesus. Talk about appalling.

Well, I guess I shouldn't be too hard on her. She could apply for a job as a Cosmetic Technical Writer or something. Secondary Education was the WRONG choice for her.

The point is a space cadet had the audacity to call my work "fluff." Maybe if her dumb ass would've actually LISTENED and PAID ATTENTION to what my story was about, she might have understood it better.

After we attended our next classroom session, she decided to approach me and tried saving face by complimenting me on how good I was at my writing. Those who really know me, know that I will confront their B.S. in a second.

Overall, "Brian's Play" held a lot of truth to it, when looking at tonight's episode of Family Guy from a writer's perspective.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meanwhile, tonight's episode of American Dad also held a lot of truth to it. It was mostly about Roger being lazy and taking credit for other people's work, while expecting everyone to praise him for it.

Entitlement seems to be a growing epidemic today, if you ask some of us. It's always infuriating to witness lazy and entitled people taking credit for someone else' work.

If you haven't already watched American Dad, Roger Smith is literally an illegal alien and Francine Smith is the housewife of CIA Agent, Stan Smith.

Francine loves enabling Roger for every little thing, whereas Stan and everyone else in their family know how much of a lazy, entitled, manipulating, con artist Roger is for an illegal alien (literally).

The moment Roger doesn't get his way, he cries like a big baby and Francine rushes within seconds to enable him.

In tonight's episode, Roger was supposedly "graduating" from another college and Francine was the only family member to attend his "college graduation."

Once they parked at home, Roger cried like a 2-year-old because no one else attended his so-called "graduation" except Francine.

Hailey, who is Stan and Francine's oldest daughter and the oldest child, told Roger that it was because he's a fraud. 

Considering that Roger always has a gajillion alias names with wigs and wardrobes to match each persona, there is a lot of truth in what was said about Roger being a fraud.

I think he has so many aliases because it's the only way he can assimilate on a planet with mostly human beings. Well, that, along with him always cooking up some scheme.

Francine tried getting Roger to do something, that he could actually take pride in and be able to say, that he honestly did something independently. So, Roger entered a race and literally fell on his face. In usual format, he started crying. 

As usual, Francine enabled Roger. She bought him a cone with 3 different ice cream flavors and gave Roger his own custom made "medal," once they got back into the car.

Next, Roger jumped out the car and started running in the race again. He supposedly "won" 1st place, and threw the ice cream cone literally on Francine's face. 

Roger also "won" a red Mazda Miata. Eventually, a man beat him up for the car. Because Roger loves confiscating other people's awards, I got the impression, that the red Mazda Miata was a stolen car.

Later, Roger concocted another scheme, claiming that he "built" some island and hired paid actors to pretend they were native people. He even choreographed their dance routines and attacks on he and Francine because he wanted to impress her so badly. That last part was and still is a major eye roll because it's total hogwash.

Regarding tonight's American Dad episode, the hidden message was mostly about lazy and entitled people, that love taking credit for someone else' hard work. 

Such an ilk of people has been pissing me off for years. Within the last decade or so, they became a lot worse. 

There is always some enabler(s) around the corner, who loves coddling and rewarding somebody for a job, which was not well done, much less a job NOT done.

This reminds me of the fable, The Little Red Hen. All the other animals wanted to reap the benefits but didn't want to do any of the work. That's what today's society has become. 

We live in a society filled with lazy and extremely entitled, opportunists, beating and cheating their ways to the top. If someone doesn't belong to a certain clique, he/she is royally screwed. Well, that's enough for tonight.

What are your thoughts? Let me know what you think!