Stereotyping
Religion in comedy
Judaism
Family guy
Father ted
Jews are depicted as lawyers, good with money
Long hair
Rich
Big noses
Nazis
Talking about the holocaust
I think that this went almost too far
Catholicism
Family guy
The nuns are depicted as aggressive
Nuns carry rulers
They're very strict
Father ted
Women are aggressive and determined and very strict
People follow the priests like sheep, they do whatever they say
Church of England
The Vicar of Dibley
Old, nobody goes
They don't really want change
Don't want their new vicar to be a woman
What is unacceptable in comedy?
Killed Jesus
Not good as manual labour
Targeted events
The holocaust (and any other genocides)
9/11 (and any other terrorist attacks)
Not funny because it was an attack on just the Jews, discriminating one religious group
Not funny because it was a terrorist attack. Because of terrorist groups like al-Qaeda, many Muslims have been/are stereotyped as terrorists for many years to come
Racism in the media
Family guy
The family guy episode 'When You Wish Upon a Weinstein' explored stereotypes of Jews, potentially upsetting them
The episode didn't air at first after post-production because executives were worried that it could be seen as anti-Semitic
The episode did eventually air
I think it's okay because it mainly explores positive stereotypes of Jews, and doesn't take it too far
Taking it too far
Repeatedly showing or encouraging negative stereotypes about a certain group
I think that as long as it is mainly funny, and not mean towards a group of people, then it is usually okay