scholarly journals Bienvenue à « Homerica »

2012 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-75
Author(s):  
Frédérick Gagnon ◽  
Julie Dufort
Keyword(s):  
South Park ◽  
The Simpsons ◽  
Politiques D'immigration ◽  
Family Guy

Cet article démontre que quatre dessins animés satiriques américains, The Simpsons, South Park, American Dad ! et Family Guy, sont plus que de simples objets de divertissement et contiennent des discours éminemment politiques sur l’immigration non documentée et la construction d’un mur à la frontière des États-Unis et du Mexique. Nous inspirant d’une catégorisation des courants de pensée sur les politiques d’immigration développée par Daniel Tichenor, nous procédons à l’analyse qualitative de contenu et de discours d’un corpus d’épisodes des dessins animés étudiés pour illustrer comment ils offrent un espace discursif aux principaux courants de pensée sur les enjeux susmentionnés. Nous démontrons aussi que The Simpsons, American Dad ! et Family Guy contiennent un discours satirique dirigé contre les positions conservatrices et qui valorise les positions progressistes sur ces mêmes enjeux, mais que South Park n’inclut pas un biais aussi évident pour l’un ou l’autre des courants de pensée sur l’immigration et la construction du mur américano-mexicain.

scholarly journals «My God, that’s funny»: Religionshumor i amerikanske og britiske komedier

Ingen spøk ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 55-74
Author(s):  
Kai Hanno Schwind
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Contemporary Culture ◽  
South Park ◽  
The Simpsons ◽  
Cultural Sphere ◽  
Anglo American ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Monty Python ◽  
Family Guy

This chapter discusses different approaches to religious satire from the context of the Anglo-American cultural sphere by exploring various television comedies, such as The Vicar of Dibley, Father Ted and the work of Monty Python in the UK, and The Simpsons, South Park, Family Guy and Curb Your Enthusiasm in the United States. From stand-up jokes, cartoons and sitcoms about priests and men of faith to satires of the contemporary culture clash between Christians, Jews and Muslims, humour about religion in the United States, Britain and the pan- Scandinavian context operates from the same premise: identifying and negotiating the contradictions between our own Christian traditions and the challenges of religious pluralism and freedom of speech in an increasingly globalised world.

Situating Netflix’s Original Adult Animation: Observing Taste Cultures and the Legacies of ‘Quality’ Television through BoJack Horseman and Big Mouth

Animation ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-129
Author(s):  
Eddie Falvey
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Industrial Dynamics ◽  
South Park ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Family Guy ◽  
Tv Production

This article aims to expand upon a key aspect of Mareike Jenner’s work on Netflix original comedy by considering how the streaming network’s original adult animated series reflect developments occurring within the sitcom format post-TV III. Using Netflix original animations BoJack Horseman (2014–) and Big Mouth (2017–) as case studies, this article will consider how thematically complex, ostensibly ‘smart’ animated shows illustrate changing industrial dynamics and taste cultures. While exhibiting qualities found in preceding key adult animated shows such as South Park (Comedy Central 1997–) and Family Guy (Fox 1999–), including lewd humour, metatextual in-jokes and topicality, the knotty storytelling and ambiguous characterizations of the shows under discussion reflect links to other contexts of TV production. Exploring these links, this article uses BoJack Horseman and Big Mouth to explore current trends in animated television, situating their characteristics and reception within a broader network of influences. The author argues that the turn towards complex storytelling manifests both in inherited production tactics, changing taste cultures and in the multifaceted and multifarious potentialities provided by the medium itself.

Searching for Humor in Dehumanization

2016 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Demsky
Keyword(s):  
South Park ◽  
Jewish Heritage ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
Holocaust Humor ◽  
Computer Mediated Communications ◽  
Family Guy

During the last two decades, to varying degrees, some American sitcom writers have depicted Nazism and the Holocaust humorously. This sort of activity is visible on such shows as South Park, Family Guy, and Robot Chicken. Many of the writers associated with these comedies are of Jewish heritage; but the joking has stirred only limited controversy. This chapter examines the messaging, delivery, and impact in Holocaust humor. It answers questions such as: What are American comedy writers signaling with these absurd stories? How does their comedic employment contribute to a wider process of misremembering distorting, or diluting known Holocaust accounts? It also analyzes how computer-mediated communications—website like Hulu and Youtube—have transferred these false accounts beyond American audiences.

Searching for Humor in Dehumanization

2021 ◽  
pp. 663-681
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Demsky
Keyword(s):  
South Park ◽  
Jewish Heritage ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
Holocaust Humor ◽  
Computer Mediated Communications ◽  
Family Guy

During the last two decades, to varying degrees, some American sitcom writers have depicted Nazism and the Holocaust humorously. This sort of activity is visible on such shows as South Park, Family Guy, and Robot Chicken. Many of the writers associated with these comedies are of Jewish heritage; but the joking has stirred only limited controversy. This chapter examines the messaging, delivery, and impact in Holocaust humor. It answers questions such as: What are American comedy writers signaling with these absurd stories? How does their comedic employment contribute to a wider process of misremembering distorting, or diluting known Holocaust accounts? It also analyzes how computer-mediated communications—website like Hulu and Youtube—have transferred these false accounts beyond American audiences.

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