Is it bad that I like Seth MacFarlane?
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2022 2:35 pm
I can't watch Family Guy anymore. I don't watch American Dad anymore. I don't think either of those shows have aged particularly well with their gender and homophobic issues.
HOWEVER...
I've seen several interviews with Seth MacFarlane recently. And understanding that he has only worked as a voice actor on his animated shows for the last decade or so, I kind of like him?
Hear me out.
I understand that he won't (or doesn't want to) shit on the shows he created even though he just serves as a voice on them. But he seems to have evolved since 2008, right? Look. In the mid-2000s, Mike and I were still doing "edgelord" comedy podcasts about "Chicks in Gaming" and other things that I'm not particularly proud of. Remember the Underboob Thread? Yikes. Please don't tell my kids about that. Shameful. But I've evolved. And maybe I'm reading too much into it, but it seems like MacFarland (who's about my age) has taken a similar progression.
Am I wrong? Am I reading shit into this situation that I want to see because I still think he's funny today? Should I watch the Orville and judge him based on that? I don't know the answers to these questions. Only y'all do. So tell me: is it bad that I like Seth MacFarland?
HOWEVER...
I've seen several interviews with Seth MacFarlane recently. And understanding that he has only worked as a voice actor on his animated shows for the last decade or so, I kind of like him?
Hear me out.
I understand that he won't (or doesn't want to) shit on the shows he created even though he just serves as a voice on them. But he seems to have evolved since 2008, right? Look. In the mid-2000s, Mike and I were still doing "edgelord" comedy podcasts about "Chicks in Gaming" and other things that I'm not particularly proud of. Remember the Underboob Thread? Yikes. Please don't tell my kids about that. Shameful. But I've evolved. And maybe I'm reading too much into it, but it seems like MacFarland (who's about my age) has taken a similar progression.
Am I wrong? Am I reading shit into this situation that I want to see because I still think he's funny today? Should I watch the Orville and judge him based on that? I don't know the answers to these questions. Only y'all do. So tell me: is it bad that I like Seth MacFarland?