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Essay:Great Moments in Otherwise Liberal Media

While Hollywood has made some of the most depraved movies and most disgusting TV shows, even those have their fair share of moments that can make conservatives laugh. This list does not disprove the overall Liberal bias of these shows/movies, these are merely exceptions to the rule. These are not shows/movies that are "debatable whether liberal," they are definitely liberal shows with occasional good moments.

Examples

TV show: Futurama

Created by liberal Matt Groening, the creator who mocks conservative Christians with the character of Ned Flanders in The Simpsons, this show nevertheless has real funny moments:

The show overall has a mixed message with Capitalism: negative with the depiction of the recurring character Mom, but positive with Planet Express, the small business that the main characters work for.

"How Hermes Requisitioned his Groove Back": Makes fun of the slowness and inefficiency of Big government bureaucracy.

"The Problem with Popplers": Makes fun of Liberal, hippie, vegan environmentalists with the character Free Waterfall Jr.

"A Taste of Freedom": When Old Man Waterfall states he is a polygamist, the crowd boos loudly. After polygamy is ruled legal, he says "I can't wait to tell my husband" to which the crowd boos even more loudly.

"Bend Her": Bender throws on a dress to compete as a fembot in the fembot Olympics and excels at all of the events, then has Professor Farnsworth give him a quick robot sex change so that he doesn't lose his medals. Understand, this was a joke back then, an outlandish, implausible joke. The Futurama fan wiki even calls it "transphobia."

"Crimes of the Hot": while promoting Global warming in a "humorous" fashion has a gag in which the recurring gay character Randy has an ark and he's called "crazy" for filling it with same-sex animal couples, to which he responds "There are parts of the Bible I like and parts I don't like."

TV show: Family Guy

While mostly liberal with Seth MacFarlane using it as a sounding board for his liberal ideas, there are moments like the following:

"I am Peter, Hear Me Roar" condemns feminism. After making a (admittedly sexist) joke at work (based on the liberal strawman of "toxic masculinity"), a feminist lawyer named Gloria Ironbox threatens to sue Peter unless he can learn to be more "sensitive" to women. He ends up at a women's retreat and after coming home starts acting more feminine. His wife Lois hates it and actually wants the old Peter back. Lois even confronts Ms. Ironbox by telling her that she (Lois) willingly chooses to be a stay-at-home housewife and mother and that all choices women make should be respected, not just the ones that feminists like.

"The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz" While the main theme of the episode is Peter making a religion around "The Fonz" from the Liberal TV show "Happy Days," making fun of Christianity in the process, it includes a gag in which Brian forces Stewie to watch The View in which the hostesses' talking was represented by the sound of clucking chickens.

"The Fat Guy Strangler" has Brian making fun of Peter about his weight, Peter decides to create a fat acceptance movement called the "National Association for the Advancement of Fat People" in which he vows to "make this a fat people's world." like the Futurama transgender gag above, this was considered an outlandish, implausible joke with this episode first aired.

"HTTPete" makes fun of many aspects of liberal millennial lifestyles.

Movie: Pleasantville

Directed by liberal director Gary Ross, this movie promotes liberal ideas such as Feminism and the sexual revolution. However ironically, Jennifer, who was the character who introduced sexual "liberation" to Pleasantville in the first place doesn't turn to color until she stops being promiscuous and becomes more restrained. She ties her hair up in a bun and puts glasses on, adopting a more conservative appearance.