One the reasons I love reading your reviews about the Adult Swim-adjacent shows is because we invariably wind up disagreeing on various episodes. Constantly. If you like an episode of American Dad, I hated it. If I hate an episode of Family Guy, you thought it was great.
This is a rare week we concur. The episode stunk. But I'll go further. I hated it even more than you did. The sacrifice subplot made it racist. Just when the show SEEMS to be SLIGHTLY concerned with representation, they pull this shit. You mentioned it was predictable. I guess you are smarter than me because it never occurred to me a producer in 2024 would use the occasion of rare diversity to send a blatantly racist message. But that's Team Groening in a nutshell.
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Date: 2024-07-29 03:32 pm (UTC)This is a rare week we concur. The episode stunk. But I'll go further. I hated it even more than you did. The sacrifice subplot made it racist. Just when the show SEEMS to be SLIGHTLY concerned with representation, they pull this shit. You mentioned it was predictable. I guess you are smarter than me because it never occurred to me a producer in 2024 would use the occasion of rare diversity to send a blatantly racist message. But that's Team Groening in a nutshell.
Danny Trejo was game. I think he deserved better.