I had commented before that Family Guy now seems to be more about being offensive than about being funny. After watching the newest episode last night, in which Meg becomes a hardened criminal, it becomes clearer to me that the brand of offensiveness the Family Guy writers are most interested in is racial.
When the maid Consuela goes to visit her grown son in jail, she actually Windexes the glass separating them. Oh my God, oh please. Much worse near the end: Meg decides not to rob Mort Goldman's pharmacy and leaves with Brian, causing Mort to express relief at not being robbed and then greet "four fine Black gentlemen" who are not even seen onscreen. Nothing good can possibly be inferred from that, either for Blacks or Jews. I hope Black people are faring better in The Cleveland Show.
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