OK..I just saw last nights episode of Family Guy a little while ago and hear are my thoughts... If a TV show (particularly a comedy/cartoon show with endearing characters is going make the decision to kill off a major character, it needs to be for one of two reasons... 1. The actor/actress is no longer available to play/voice the part (i.e. Two and a Half Men) or 2. If the death of that character serves a constructive purpose. (i.e. the death of Susan Ross on Seinfeld served as an ironic solution for George to get out of having to get married.) Honestly, in my opinion, killing off Brian Griffin serves no constructive purpose. Seth McFarlane has been known as someone willing to try anything, and the producers of the show have been quoted as wanting to shake things up, but after 12 seasons if they are going to extreme lengths to seemingly keep people interested in the show, in my mind that means the show has run its course. A show having run its course is not a bad thing at all. It happens. And sometimes the best move of all is to take a bow and go out on a high note leaving your audience with wonderful memories (and re-runs) to last for years to come. It seems though with family guy anything is possible and it seems like we are not sure weather Brian Griffin is actually gone for good or weather he will be back in a couple episodes. Never the less, to make your entire viewing audience feel the same pain and sadness in witnessing Brians death that the Griffin family itself experienced in last nights episode should best be serving a constructive purpose because playing with the emotions of your loyal audience in such a profound way simply to generate talk and interest is not just nonconstructive, but cruel!
Posted on: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 22:49:06 +0000
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