I’m as red-blooded a Conservative as anyone, but MacFarlane is an entertainer, pure and simple. I don’t watch him Maher, I don’t care for his politics one whit, but some of his stuff, esp. his commentary on pop culture, is downright funny.
Family Guy is vulgar. Cleveland Show is vulgar. American Dad is vulgar. I would expect that Ted will be vulgar, but like all the other primetime Fox cartoons, I’ll likely see this movie at some point in the future. From the people who I know who feel the same about MacFarlane as I do, they say this movie is a laugh-a-minute.
Again, I’m not saying MacFarlane is right to espouse atheism, but to deny him his right to make this “cultural garbage” is to deny him the same 1st Amendment rights that any of us are entitled to. People will pay to see this movie, and he will continue to make Family Guy and others. Denigrate him all you want, MacFarlane isn’t going anywhere.
On the flip side though, the author does us all a big service by letting us know that the movie is another piece of vulgar crap not worth our dollars to see.
If you don’t like the review, or even think you may like this sort of movie, then go see the movie. No one is forcing you to stay away, but some of us prefer not to subject ourselves to that sort of thing and it’s good to know what the movie is about before having to suffer through it.
McFarlane hasn’t done anything honestly funny in ages... Family Guy jumped the shark long ago, Cleveland was never funny and neither was American Dad...
Ted looks like a red box special.
Tired and hack kneed schtick, his has become.