Family Guy angers the Palin family
Last Sunday's episode of Family Guy, Extra Large Medium, has caused controversy by insulting the Palin family. In the episode a mentally challenged character tells Chris her mother is the former governor of Alaska (Sarah Palin).
"Regardless of the obvious differences between the Family Guy character and Palin's son, this was clearly a jab at the Palin family, and they've struck back," reports BuddyTV. "Sarah's daughter Bristol took over her mother's Facebook page to respond, saying in part: 'If the writers of a particularly pathetic cartoon show thought they were being clever in mocking my brother and my family yesterday, they failed. All they proved is that they're heartless jerks.'"
However, the 39-year-old actor and public speaker Andrea Fay Friedman who played the controversial character has hit back in defense of the show. In an email to the New York Times she writes:-
I guess former Governor Palin does not have a sense of humor. I thought the line "I am the daughter of the former governor of Alaska" was very funny. I think the word is "sarcasm."
In my family we think laughing is good. My parents raised me to have a sense of humor and to live a normal life.
Andrea has Down syndrome herself.
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