Blog Post 3: Expression Through Animation:

            For those who watch the show “Family Guy” think of the show as very offensive, funny, or something entirely different. But what is interesting about the show is the fact that the show’s creator Seth MacFarlane has in a way been able to express himself based on some of the events that have happened in his life.

            One event in particular has interested me quite a bit. The event was that Seth was actually supposed to be on one of the flights that were hijacked during the events of 9/11. What happened was Seth had been partying the night before and was told by his agent that his flight was flight 11 and scheduled to leave at 8:15am when it actually left at 7:45am. Seth had just missed the flight and was forced to wait until the next available. About an hour later the event that shocked America occurred. The very same flight, Flight 11 was flown into the North tower of the World Trade Center.

            Now after going on with this whole back-story about this event you are probably wondering what it has to do with animation. Well in a way it has all to do with animation. There have been several episodes of “Family Guy” that have joking references towards terrorists as well as the events of 9/11. This is just an idea, but maybe as a way of coping with what he had gone through he created those stories as a way to keep himself grounded in a way. Now those episodes may be offensive, but maybe his only way that he could deal with was to do what he does best and make light out of things like this.