A MODERN MEDIA RENAISSANCE: THE RESURGENCE OF “FAMILY GUY”

BY LEXA PREAUX AT THE CLAM!

It’s clear on virtually every social media platform that everyone wants to be a Family Guy. The crazy antics of the beloved characters Peter, Lois, Stewie, Brian, Meg, Chris, and, of course, Quagmire, have become plastered across Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and the like. Naturally, questions have arisen: why Family Guy? Why now? Insiders believe people are trying to maintain a sense of normalcy in the face of a rising “new normal.”

It’s no surprise that the Covid-19 pandemic has caused ripples and rifts across the globe. Since the onset of the outbreak, from the first boom of mass quarantine, many have sought out any sign of light with which to hold on to and to cope through trying times. The familial unit, comic relief, and almost anything that mimics normalcy– are a reality even better than what was “normal” used to be to many. Trend cycles in family media and current events have become more rapid in these trying times, with a growing emphasis on comedy and the satirization of family and news. Experts claim the phenomenon of teenagers clamoring for adult comedies of the early aughts is the zoomer equivalent of the yearning people born in 1999 felt for the simpler life of 90s culture. This storm of changing trends and the social significance of media consumption is the perfect tipping of dominoes to hold up a show that echoes an all too powerful truth, just in the opening sequence: “It seems today that all you see is violence in

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