Family Guy and Postmodernism
Sunday, January11th, 2009
Peter Griffin - Postmodern Superhero?
In the last two years, I’ve seen many episodes of the television show “Family Guy” and have to say, I’ve enjoyed every single one. I’m a little bit embarrassed to admit this – as I like to point out that I don’t watch television and generally avoid many of the institutions of popular/mass-mediated culture. Being an overly neurotic creature, I can’t let myself enjoy something without analyzing it to death.
Today’s question for y’all is Family Guy -or, more specifically: what is the relationship between Family Guy and Postmodernism. Does the TV series represent the epitome of the postmodern concepts of intertextuality, opposition to meta-narratives, deconstruction, and “death of the author”?
Does anyone else see this?
What Would Lyotard Have to Say?