Thoughts on the show, "Critic"

The show, “Critic” reminded me of a “Family Guy”-esque type show. It definitely had its funny and random parts that make it more entertaining. However, the underlying theme was something that we have discussed a lot in class-the idea if being accepted into normalcy. I thought the show did an excellent job of focusing on what many people do actually think when it concerns a person’s image. In the case of the episode, the main character and his little boy go to a weight loss camp to lose weight because they feel it will help them. The main storyline is that of the younger boy, who loses so much weight that he looks like a completely different person. When he’s skinny, many people look at him differently, the girls flock to him, and he even leads the main role in his school play. As an overweight individual, the show implies that this would not have been possible. Personally, I feel that the show is a comedy, and obviously used the whole idea of being skinny to be normal as a way to poke fun at society. They used a lot of different things that otherwise wouldn’t be necessarily true. However, I do feel that the show was a great depiction of how many people feel they need to change their bodies to fit into society today.