Sunday, February 22, 2015

Close Friendships

“Brian Griffin Is Back!!!”
Source: YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ6nxvadxqc&spfreload=10

In this short clip, Stewie and Brian are going outside to play a game. When Stewie forgets to bring something, he goes back inside the house to retrieve it. While Stewie was inside, Brian was setting up a net on the street. Suddenly, a speeding car came out of nowhere and was about to hit Brian. Luckily, Stewie from the future was there to rescue him because Stewie’s life would be completely different if that car “again” hit Brian. After this event, the clip changes to Christmas day. Brian gives Stewie a picture of both of them together because they are friends. Brian gave Stewie the picture because future Stewie had saved his life. Stewie claims that Brian is showing weird signs of homosexuality towards him.

            In this clip, the friendship between Brian and Stewie is ridiculed through the use of exaggeration. During the entire clip, we witness how much Brian and Stewie care about each other. Future Stewie traveled back in time to rescue his best friends because he could not imagine himself happy without Brian. However, at the end of the clip, when Brian is sharing his compassion for Stewie and their friendship, Stewie begins to think Brian is homosexual. Stewie wonders why Brian is acting weird and wants him to stop because Stewie does not want to be intimate with his dog. The use of satire is effective because it shows the importance of friendship and later ridicules it. This clip symbolized friendship, but because the clip did not want to bore viewers, the clip presented friendship and added homosexuality into it to entertain viewers.

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