Dominant Ideologies in Fairly Oddparents
Write a minimum of 500 words about a TV show that exemplifies two out of the six Modes of Perpetuating Ideologies. Be specific and try to use vocabulary learned in our discussions of Marx, Gramsci, and Ott & Mack. Be sure to explain how the show's character/setting/story/etc. is an example of the mode of perpetuation. I loved to watch the show Fairly Odd Parents as I was growing up. Like many shows in the 2000s it got away with leaning on racial stereotypes for jokes. It's hard when you watch comedy to examine tropes because the creators' intentions could be trying to be subversive. In the characters AJ, Juandissimo, and the Pixies however, I believe they are not. To be fair, cartoon characters are caricatures and often ironic. This is problematic however in that it reinforces these stereotypes in kids who don't get it. It's just absorbed as fact. This show is a buffet of racial jokes that probably wouldn't get past ratin...