The Dicks in Family Guy
Personally, I am not a fan of the family guy style of comedy because it is very repetitive. The death of comedy is repetitiveness. Most comedies that use repetition follow the rule of three but Family Guy doesn’t. This could be a bold move to make their own mark but in reality, it is a way to pad the run time. I believe that Family Guy tries to use Stockholm Syndrome to make their jokes funny. Also, they are way to heavy-handed with their message for my taste. The cut away gags can be funny but they don’t add to the plot or develop the characters. It’s just there as a means to fill the time frame. I might laugh at the gag but it’s similar to vine humor, short and pointless.
Using cutaway gags are just ways to distract the audience from the failing in the comedy. It is like an amped version of the Fight Club movie theater gag. In that scene, Tyler Durden splices pictures of dicks into children cartoons. This is what I think of every time I see these gags because it’s funny but is vastly inappropriate and doesn’t actual do anything important.
I never thought about the Fight Club angle, but you're right it is kind of a version of that. What is the point of Durden's splicing, as opposed to the Family Guy version. Are they similar in any way?
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